Luxury Goods

Luxury goods

The super-rich who missed this year’s equity market rally, according to finance industry scuttlebutt, are consoling themselves by buying expensive trinkets. Certainly, recovering economies, asset prices and bonuses are...

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Beeronomics: Factors Affecting Your Pint

Beer. Beer, like any good, follows the rules of supply and demand. What makes beer unique is the way it reacts to different economic conditions, and how your government regulates it. Is it an inferior good, meaning that demand...

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Luxury Management Remains in Style - BusinessWeek

Despite a downturn in the high-end consumer market, applications for luxury-management MBA programs remain strong Rupal Patel took a break from her career as a patent lawyer in Chicago to enroll in an MBA program with a luxury...

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Genesis Colors Picks 49% In JV With Burberry

Apparel retailer Genesis Colors is picking a 49% stake in a joint venture with British luxury goods retailer Burberry to open stores in India. Both Genesis and Burberry are likely to bring in around Rs 15.5 crore each for the...

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Govt defers FDI proposal of Gucci

NEW DELHI: The government has deferred a proposal to allow Italian designer goods maker Gucci pick up majority stake in its Indian franchisee Luxury Goods Retail Pvt Ltd. The decision has been deferred, an official statement...

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Burberry Group H1 Pre-tax Profit Falls; Ups Interim Dividend - Update

UK-based luxury goods manufacturer Burberry Group Plc reported Tuesday a decline in pre-tax profit for the first half of fiscal 2010, reflecting higher operating expenses, despite growth in revenues. The company increased its...

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Burberry profits down despite strong UK performance

Luxury goods firm Burberry today posted a 19% profits fall but said its performance was "solid", helped by strong demand for handbags and scarves. Burberry said pre-tax profits were £78.4m (€88.4m) in the six months to...

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Seller of fine jewelry to close after more than 90 years

Jennifer Youssef / The Detroit News Jules R. Schubot Jewellers is closing its doors after more than 90 years of selling fine jewelry in Metro Detroit. The company, which was established in Detroit in 1917 and moved to its...

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Fundraiser for hearing academy mixes antiques, luxury

By Andrew Wolfson • awolfson@courier-journal.com • November 15, 2009 There were a range of choices at this weekend’s Louisville Antiques & Fine Living Show. After 11 years of offering exclusively antiques, the organizers of the...

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STOCKS NEWS AFRICA-Zimbabwe's index ends low, investors cautious

Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 1704GMT 13Nov09 - Zimbabwe's index ends low, investors cautious Zimbabwe's Stock Exchange ends the week softer as foreign investors stay away over fears that the government...

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