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Crisis pushes men to therapy, women to handbags
ZURICH (Reuters Life!) - The desire to sport a different handbag for every occasion is shielding the largest makers of luxury leather goods from the economic crisis as women prove to be more consistent spenders than men.
Activities:2008 U.S. Recession Source:(Reuters)
2009-08-05
Plunging currency brings surge of bargain seekers to London
LONDON -- After a go-go decade, Great Britain is suffering from a sudden, severe financial hangover. Now, however, the party has kicked into high gear for another group: foreign visitors and investors who are descending on London to take advantage of the plunge in the local currency and snap up high-end property, luxury cars and designer clothing at a discount.
Nations:France Italy Malaysia U.K. People:Daniel Craig Activities:2008 U.K. Recession
2009-02-03
Advertisers up the ante as products become TV plots
los angeles - Forget "product placement" - that's so 20th century. Even "product integration" is passé.
People:Tina Fey Alec Baldwin Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-11-03
India's Rich Get the Personal Touch
One evening not too long ago, India's top fashion designers, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, invited 35 members of the country's moneyed class over for dinner at their home in a posh suburb of Mumbai. The affair was elegant and understated: The guests sipped a 1999 Dom Perignon as they were served home-cooked Goan fish curry and rice. "We are the present-day maharajahs -- in thought, at least -- so we reconnected with friends from all walks of life over a luxurious meal," says Khosla.
Nations:India France Source:(BusinessWeek)
2008-07-07
eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes
PARIS - A French commercial court Monday ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.
Source:(AP)
2008-06-30
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