Now the affluent are moving to more expensive stores, while cash constrained shoppers seek bargains and patronise outlets. … Some retailers, like J Crew, have launched sections on their websites, to sell products manufactured specifically for outlet …

Many Chinese outbound tour operators raised their prices especially for their cheapest products as once again they have to pay their tour guides. The new Chinese tourism law, which came into effect on October 1st, 2013, rules out the … The tourism …

Over the last few years, IGet.it's team of luxury curators have identified and brought forward hundreds of first-class brands such as BMW, Viking, Fauchon and All-Clad in front of their affluent community. Whether the products come from small boutique …

We also have the premium card, which the affluent have and they can go to any branch and get premium services so they don't have to queue. … We have products that support SME operators that do not have collateral, which a lot of other banks don't have.

Retailers, of course, would consider it nice if shoppers spent the next four weeks rushing to cash registers with mounds of full-priced products. Instead, analysts are predicting a variation on "shop till you drop," in which consumers wear out shoe …

Gitanjali Gems Ltd. (GITG), India's largest jewelry retailer by revenue, is focusing on diamonds as near-record premiums for gold push up costs for a metal that accounts for about 30 percent of its sales. Import curbs in the world's biggest gold user …

TSX falls 122.45 points, or 0.91 percent, to 13,349.77 * Eight of the 10 main index sectors decline * Gold miners drop 2.6 percent * Couche-Tard jumps after reporting results By John Tilak TORONTO, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Canada's main stock index dropped …

(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session near steady, while the spot gold market was weaker in afternoon trading Tuesday. Prices are hovering not far above Monday's nearly five-month low as the bears continue to have a firm …

In March, she'll join Forbes' 2014 World's Billionaires List as one of its oldest newcomers, with a family fortune estimated at $3 billion. Through a holding company, Moulin and her family own 100% of a department store empire stretching from Galeries …