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B&O Play Adds Luxury Website To Distribution
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Deerfield, Ill. — Bang & Olufsen is expanding distribution of its B&O Play sub-brand with the launch of select Play products through MrPorter.com, the U.S.-based luxury shopping site for men. The company launched the sub-brand in January 2012 to …

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Nordstrom's beauty sale delivers luxe products at bargain prices
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If you've been longing to try some luxury beauty products but were put off by the price tag, now might be the time to fill your makeup bag. Nordstrom's 2013 beauty anniversary event got underway on Wednesday, offering more than 100 fragrance, cosmetic, …

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Ferragamo, Tod's most likely to be on M&A shopping list
www.businesstimes.com.sg

LVMH, the world's largest luxury–goods maker, this week agreed to buy 80 per cent of Loro Piana, valuing the company at 2.7 billion euros (S$4.45 billion), including net debt. The acquisition, which would be LVMH's biggest since its 2011 purchase of …

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SmartBargains.com Announces New Additions to Its Pet Corner
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Leading online discount luxury retailer SmartBargains.com announces the addition of hundreds of new products to its growing Pet Corner today. Over 700 items from the two leading names in pet supplies: Go Pet Club and Majestic Pet Products are currently …

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Analysis shows shift in youth attitudes during Great Recession _ but will it last?
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But the authors say that may simply be attributable to the ever-rising cost of day-to-day expenses, from groceries to electric and gas bills. In comparison, they note that the Great Recession group also showed a bit less interest in luxury items than …

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Thrift trumps Abenomics as Japan shoppers stick to bargains
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Abe's policies have boosted Japan's benchmark Nikkei average by two-thirds since mid-November, cheering stock market investors who used their new-found wealth to splurge on luxury goods such as handbags from LVMH-owned Louis Vuitton and jewelry …

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Costco Slapped with Lawsuit from Michael Kors
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(NASDAQ: COST) is being sued by a luxury goods maker for selling or promoting luxury items that the warehouse store doesn't sell. Today, Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) filed suit; last February it was Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) that was peeved.

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HIGH-END HOME MARKET HEALTHY
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The high–end residential real estate market in Vancouver is entering the second half of 2013 with "positive momentum," according to new Sotheby's International Realty Canada data. The city saw 1,239 sales of high–end properties – defined as homes …

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Luxury condo sales sink, Calgary worst hit
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The Greater Toronto Area saw nearly 3,000 properties worth over $1 million change hands in the first half of 2013, Sotheby's says citing Toronto Real Estate Board figures. Toronto's high end neighbourhoods, such as Rosedale, Forest Hill, LawrencePark …

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