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The Hong Kong jeweller Chow Tai Fook, founded in 1929, targets affluent and middle-class consumers, and has emerged as one of China's best-known brands. It has tapped into the Chinese love of gold, both as a status symbol and an investment item.

Her mom packed her dad's lunch every day, the family headed to church every week, and summers were punctuated by car-trip vacations. Now in her mid-40s, Cindy is a twice-divorced single mom working a minimum-wage job at a local convenience store in …

Optional safety features include the Blind Spot Intervention system that comes in the Technology Package ($3,000), which was included on our tester. It's designed to alert the driver if there is a vehicle in the adjacent lane, and tries to prevent the …

“I wanted to preserve African craftsmanship – combining artisan with contemporary and timeless products,” she says. She believed the best way to do this would be through a luxury brand: “The luxury industry conveys culture and identity. It is a country …

The country's expanding middle class hungers for healthy food. Bird's nest is believed to ward off diseases and feeds a growing demand for luxury products. “It's one of the most valuable products one can give to those who have everything,” said Vu, 28 …

Recent surveys have shown that luxury products, such as cosmetics, are the first things to get cut from the budget of the average family in hard times. According to Daniel D., Lady de Cosmetic's mission is to fight that trend. Lady de Cosmetic is …

In the US a couple of years ago, a few chains invested in electronic tags for their various luxury linens, in order to monitor the whereabouts of bed sheets and bathrobes. If it's tagged and you take it, you risk a naming and shaming when the alarm …

And, as with many luxury goods, expense is closely linked to enjoyment. Studies have shown that people prefer inexpensive wines in blind taste tests, but that they actually get more pleasure from drinking wine they are told is expensive. If lobster …