Click & collect purchases will grow by more than two thirds to be worth over £4bn in 2018, according to a new report from retail analysts Verdict, as consumers continue to place emphasis on convenience and the ability to get products quicker. Click …

A new joint venture between Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo) and Chinese appliance producer Hefei Kinghome Electrical Co., Ltd. will develop large refrigerators for increasingly affluent consumers in the Chinese appliance market. Mitsubishi Electric …

This has coincided with a fall in market share from 26.1% in 2008 to 23.6% in 2012, according to data from market researcher Nielsen, and in common with other FMCG companies, Nestlé is hoping to expand sales among the rising affluent urban demographic …

Big Chinese rivals such as FAW Group and SAIC Motor (600104:CH) often team up with foreign automakers, including Volkswagen (VOW:GR) and General Motors (GM), tailoring their models to affluent Chinese drivers' taste. But under Wei, Great Wall has …

Affluent consumers have been driving credit spending gains for Visa this year, though spending by consumers who are not quite as well-heeled has picked up slightly over the past two quarters or so. It hasn't been a significant driver of the company's …

… annual funding for the federal food stamp program — known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — by $2 billion a year, and removed up to 2 million unemployed, low-wage and poor people who use their SNAP/EBT card to buy food …

You produce a watch with a monstrous motor, that's what. This joint effort, Hublot's La Ferrari – blackened titanium with a tourbillon – has 11 barrels for a record 50 days power reserve, and you need an electric drill gun, which is supplied, to wind …

It doesn't have to be a very expensive one; in fact, wearing a luxury watch to an interview might be a bit curious, but anything is better than using the phone. A Timex, a SWATCH, even a watch that doesn't work — like I've been known to say, fake it …

For all the talk of timeless design, vintage DNA and trend aversion, the luxury watch industry is as prone to the news cycle as anything else. Already many brands that exhibited at Basel in April have unveiled follow-up projects and new references. So …