Unlike Starbucks, or McDonald's, which had to contend with existing tastes for say, fatty pork or wedgy potatoes, the luxury clothing and accessories market in China was, until the 90's, a tabula rasa. So while conventional wisdom might have suggested …

Saks, the luxury retailer, reported a wider loss two weeks after agreeing to be bought by the Canadian retailer Hudson's Bay, the parent company of Lord & Taylor, for $2.4 billion. The retail sector got off to a dismal start last week after Wal-Mart …

… and the sustainability of the current boom. In Bahrain, the Survey and Land Registration Bureau revealed the high value of real estate transactions from BHD25.3m ($67m) in the first quarter of this year to BHD74m ($196m) by the end of the second …

Carson said The Cannery, which would be on the north side of Davis on a redeveloped former tomato cannery, could go before the city of Davis council for final approval this fall. Ben van der Meer covers real estate, development, local and regional …

Smartphone screens around the globe are embracing clean design in an effort to feature content on high–end pixel real estate. Buttons, both physical and their onscreen counterparts, are being thrown overboard; clutter is getting banished. And that …

In Brown County, the real estate market showed monthly and yearly improvement. For July, sales were 0.7 percent higher and the median price was up 6.6 percent, to $144.900. Year-to-date, sales were 9.1 percent higher and the median price was up 3 …

Phoenix-area home prices are up dramatically since they hit a low point in September 2011, with sales of luxury homes hitting a six-year high, according to a new ASU real estate report. The median price for a single-family home went up 26.7 percent …

According to reports from TechCrunch and All Things D, gold will join black and white as options for Apple's next smartphone. Both reports claim the iPhone won't feature a gaudy gold, such as you might see on a gold bar, but more of a champagne color.

J.C. Penney operates about 1,100 department stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico selling apparel, footwear, home furnishings, accessories, fashion and fine jewelry, and beauty products. Wall Street expects JC Penney to report a loss of $1.06 a share, …