Watch out, high-end fashion brands: It's only a matter of time before Apple, maker of couture computers and consumer electronics, encroaches on your turf, bringing its minimalist aesthetic to the world of luxury apparel and accessories. That was the …

Buoyed by the addition of luxury lifestyle facilities such as upscale restaurants, five-star hotel brands, marinas and world-class golf courses, the seaside city — which accounted for 19 percent of nationwide real estate transactions in 2012 — is now …

Indeed, there was some optimism among the group of real estate leaders surveyed. “This last quarter we had expected to see a softening in the residential and office marketplaces, but they still remain surprisingly high,” said Kevin Miyauchi, president …

Kweichow Moutai, China's biggest liquor producer by market value, has announced it will invest 8.79 million euros (HK$91.4 million) in real estate in Paris to help expand its business in Europe. It is the first time the high–end liquor company is …

Washington-based Vox Media significantly expanded its offering of lifestyle blogs yesterday with the acquisition of Curbed.com, which operates real estate, food, and fashion websites in nearly 30 cities. Vox paid between $20 million and $30 million for …

Training a lens on more affluent families helps us understand how and why the professionalization of children's competitive after-school activities has become an important way that the middle class has institutionalized its advantage over others …

And, CivicScience, a Pittsburgh start-up that provides professional market research platform based on web polling*, took a close look at the preferences and lifestyle characteristics of 130,000 smart phone users. Fred Wilson's analysis revealed strong …

… “Bild am Sonntag” have been making the Golden Steering Wheel awards annually to the best new automobiles since 1976. There are six categories of award: Small/Compact Cars, Middle Class, Cabriolets/Coupés, Vans, SUVs, and Upper/Luxury Class.

But after some of the company's yacht clients were so impressed with Sea-Shield's results that they began using the polishing system on their luxury cars, the company decided to start exploring its options in the auto industry. "Think about it," says …