Like a luxury retailer, the Container Store gets a premium price for its products and persuades people to buy more than is strictly necessary because, knowingly or not, it traffics in glamour. Glamour is not a synonym … The yearning for stillness …

Still, condom use in China is growing from a low base. Leong's Wuhan Jissbon Sanitary Products Co., which Melbourne-based Ansell bought in 2006, has annual revenue of $12 million and is the second-largest condom manufacturer in China with 10 percent …

Many are comparing the lavish lifestyle supported by marijuana drug deals to the hit HBO series Weeds, in which an affluent California mother of two loses her bread-winner husband to a heart attack while jogging. In order to keep her up middle-class …

“I did shift my buying pattern to more affordable items. We have things for $50 to custom diamonds up to $4,000 … “Tarrytown is not Scarsdale, Katonah or Armonk,” he said, referring to three of the county's most affluent areas. Edward J. Hart, who …

“Feeding a growing and more affluent global population healthily, fairly and sustainably simply isn't possible unless we make significant changes,” said Clare Oxborrow, Eating Better chair, and Friends of the Earth's senior food and farming campaigner …

He says this will inevitably cause an increase in taxation for the mass affluent and high-net worth, which will cause an increase in demand for tax planning advice. In addition, the Government's pensions and welfare reforms, combined with the decline …

They also skew younger and more affluent than the general population. … In terms of income, Nielsen's first-quarter “Mobile Shopping Report” noted wealthier consumers tend to be more active shoppers on devices, with 35% earning more than $100,000.

“With the increasing disposable income and rising concern for health, consumers have gained more awareness about condom usage and are willing to pay more for high quality condoms,” said Kiki Fan, Nielsen China's vice president of retail measurement, in …

Lululemon is running out of room to expand in North America, and sales gains at established stores are slowing as brands such as Gap Inc. and Nike Inc. encroach on its turf. "It's unlikely that it's going to stay on this double-digit trajectory …