Todd Blue decided in 2012 to expand his 2-year-old, two-store IndiGO Auto Group. When Desert European Motorcars, a nine-franchise luxury-brand auto complex in Rancho Mirage, Calif., became available, Blue didn't back away from the size of the deal.

Instead we have a landscape dominated by luxury labels dedicated to items that 90 per cent of us cannot afford. The presence of big multibrand retailers such as On Pedder, Joyce, Lane Crawford, Harvey Nichols and I.T, even if they also sell luxury, are …

Britain's Gold & Co already retails bespoke gold-plated iPhones, iPads and BlackBerrys for luxury shoppers here. Gaurav Issar of Jewelsnext.com, an online jewellery portal, says he … Council report this year, local consumption rose to a 10-year high …

From an upscale jeweler checking in with its quarterly bling to a doughnut maker that's been one of the market's biggest surprises during the past year chiming in with its quarterly treat, here are some of the items that will help shape the week that …

Along with the falling rupee, now there are import curbs that the government has announced, taxing luxury items bought abroad. In this gloomy scenario, one aspect seems to have been overlooked: the impact this could have on the local manufacturing sector.

That part of the plan could be problematic since the gasoline tax is earmarked solely to retire the bond debt involved in participating with the Retirement Systems of Alabama in the golf complex and luxury hotel tourism attractions. “It's really …

On the government's recent steps to control import of certain items such as gold and non-luxury items in an effort to finance current account deficit (CAD), Ranganathan said, it is an important step to push domestic exports as long as the duties are …

South Africa is a mature market with high levels of luxury product on the shelves, following the US and European economies closely, whereas East Africa is an emerging market with altogether different needs. "Getting the right products into the right …

Part of the high spending includes, for many children, the use of a smartphone, and it is also staggering to realise that nowadays almost half the pupils take such gadgets with them to school. It could be argued that a smartphone is a luxury rather …