Several European ski equipment firms, whose products have been pictured at the Masik Pass resort, have denied they sold the items directly to North Korea. Such sales could break United Nations sanctions against "luxury" products, aimed at punishing Kim …

Jan 12 (Reuters) – Target Corp plans to make "significant changes" in light of the data breach during the holiday shopping season when hackers stole personal information of millions of customers, the U.S. retailer's chief executive said in an interview …

Tom Rowntree , Vice President Brand Management Upscale & Luxury Brands, Europe at IHG ( InterContinental Hotels Group ), IHG comments: 'The opening of InterContinental Davos reflects the success of the InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand, not …

Luxury brands groom their origin stories to gain seals of authenticity in an environment where high prices are justified with inherited craftsmanship and brand mystique. Chanel received Luxury Daily's 2013 Luxury Marketer of the Year award partly for …

Volkswagen group's three high-end car brands each saw their sales increase to record levels in 2013. Deliveries of Porsches were up by 15 per cent, Audis 8.3 per cent and Bentley sales increased 19 per cent from the previous year. Increased demand from …

Deliveries at the luxury-sales champion rose 2.3 percent last month to 155,835 BMW brand cars, the carmaker said on Monday, dwarfed by an 18.4 percent surge at runner-up Audi to 130,700 autos, and a 11.2 percent gain at Mercedes to 139,180.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures gave up early gains as bulls struggled to maintain momentum for a rebound after last week's less-than-stellar jobs data. Gold for February delivery (CNS:GCG4) declined $1.40, or 0.1%, to $1,245.50 after earlier …

Alas some investors in the old yellow metal might consider the dog's fate a decent alternative to what's happened to their portfolios of late. After more than a decade of doing nothing but move higher annually, physical gold and the SPDR Gold Shares …

LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Gold steadied on Monday off an earlier one-month high, with a rally sparked by last week's weak U.S. jobs data running out of steam as analysts predicted the Federal Reserve will continue tapering monetary stimulus. Prices …