While frequently used household items seemed particularly susceptible to the shift from brand to generic, higher-ticket luxury brands have been able to better hold on to their customers. The most obvious reason is that for the most part the rich stayed …

Brits have the enduring pound, techies have the illusive bitcoin and fashionistas have luxury designer goods. More chic than the dowdy green dollar bill, high-end designer duds are becoming their own currency and gaining liquidity thanks to e-commerce …

Loro Piana, which makes 30 percent of its sales in Asia, has enjoyed continued strong demand in China even as some other luxury brands such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton have experienced slowdowns. Earlier this year, it said it expected sales to grow a …

BERLIN, July 8 (Reuters) – German luxury-car maker Audi said sales rose 5.5 percent in June to 140,300 cars and sport-utility vehicles as demand from China and the United States more than offset declining deliveries in core European markets. Half-year …

BMW's sales rose faster in June than at Audi and Mercedes as demand from China and the US helped the German luxury car maker to extend a lead over its two main rivals in the first six months of the year. Sales at BMW's core brand were up 9.4 percent in …

The automaker reported selling 8,931 cars in the first half of 2013. … Despite its niche, luxury-green market, Tesla's stock price has more than tripled in the last year, prompting some analysts to voice concerns that the shares are overvalued …

Brazil – clear inflation problem and seemingly little resolve to fix it. China commodities consumption reliance. Major high–end real estate bubble. Canada/Australia – real estate/consumer credit bubble. China commodity and Asian real estate speculation …

I made an electronic facsimile of the book for my iPad using high-resolution scans of the pages, and spent hours—which turned into days and weeks—flipping through the pages, captivated by the smallest details in the margins. A tiny drawing of a …

"In the end, nothing identified on EDA's components posed a significant risk to EDA's operations," the report said. "The destruction of IT components was clearly unnecessary because only common …. Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) chips are now …