Apparently, the best way to close as sale may be to charge ten times as much as your competition. I'm not entirely certain that it would work in B2B, but there may be something here. Let's start with some examples from real life. There's a...
This paper evaluates the equity premium using novel data on the consumption of luxury goods. Specifying household utility as a non-homothetic function of the consumption of both a luxury good and a basic good, it derive pricing equations and evaluate the risk of holding equity. Household survey and national accounts...
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] THE OFFICE environment affects people enough to increase their productivity. Because we spend more than 10 hours a day in the office, it needs to be comfortable. If possible, the majority of workers should have a window view. When visiting clients who are fortunate...
Internet Retailers Must Protect Consumers by Authenticating Luxury Goods NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Luxury Institute today's ruling in favor of eBay by the U.S. District Court in Manhattan fails to protect consumers' rights and addresses the critical issue that luxury brands and...
VERNON, Calif. -- True Religion Apparel, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRLG) today announced that its common stock has been added to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, effective after the market close on July 9, 2008. True Religion will be included in the Index's Apparel, Accessories and Luxury Goods industry group. Introduced...
Luxury Auction Website Verifies Authenticity of Goods NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to yesterday's court ruling absolving eBay of the responsibility to authenticate Tiffany & Co. merchandise available on its website, Portero has announced on its site -- http://www.portero.com/ -- a Buyer's Protection Plan...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2962e0/high_net_worth_jun) has announced the addition of the "High Net Worth June 2008 Edition" report to their offering. HIGH NET WORTH is a unique publication that provides a digest of data, trends, insights and opinions for professionals who market and sell to the...
THE STARS: Julian Morris, Jaime Winstone and Robert Boulter. THE STORY: Three girls from Leeds are holidaying in Majorca and to their delight head off to a party on a luxury yacht with four good-looking guys. Booze, drugs and an impromptu sex session, which is filmed...
COPENHAGEN AFP — Despite a recent upswing for the luxury goods market, Bang & Olufsen, the Danish maker of sleek, high-end sound systems and televisions, is struggling to attract consumers as rivals increasingly focus on design at lower prices, analysts say. Having carved out a niche in the...
Who's going where on vacation? Luxury yachts? Borrowed palazzos? Glitzy Caribbean hideways? Not in the current climate. The great and good are holidaying at home this summer. DJ Taylor celebrates The critic who declared that where people went on holiday was an infallible...
Barbara J. Friedman has joined the ranks ofexecutive search as Partner with Sterling International in the firm's NewYork office. A business professional with over 30 years of experience inthe strategic development and marketing of fashion and lifestyle consumergoods, the scope of her expertise extends to licensing, marketing, brandmanagement, merchandising,...
High net-worth consumers rated Google the mostprestigious search engine in the 2008 Luxury Brand Status Index LBSIsurvey from the independent New York City-based Luxury Institute( www.LuxuryInstitute.com ). Respondents who would recommend Google say ithas the "most complete and relevant search results combined with theability to search images, news, etc.," and...
My buddy was in the process of starting a new business, he told me while we sat in the stadium and watched the Orioles beat the Yankees a few weeks back. He was buying very expensive wristwatches in New York from luxury kingpins Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari and...
To create one cult denim brand might be considered good fortune, to repeat the trick - as Earnest Sewn's Scott Morrison has done - is surely jeans genius Most people can only dream of creating a cult clothing brand. At 35 years old, Scott Morrison already has...
LOS ANGELES, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- While healthcare is becoming more expensive for many Americans, Dine to Thrive, a Los Angeles-based company that makes wellness promoting meals which may help prevent cancer, is cutting its prices by 40%. For the entire month of July, the dietitian-designed, gourmet meals...
MY HOME When Andrew Neil bought a house in France, it was a ramshackle retreat. After some painstaking changes, it's now a luxurious home I used to come to this part of France a lot on holidays and stayed in hotels but I...
Need for Stronger Solutions Underscored by eBay Counterfeits Ruling in France; US Decision Imminent GLOUCESTERSHIRE, England -- In light of the recent legal ruling in France resulting in a $63 million fine against eBay for selling counterfeit luxury goods, the global issue of product authenticity among online auction...
SINGAPORE AFP — Nepal's former crown prince Paras has arrived in Singapore, a source said Wednesday, as speculation swirled that he was planning to abandon his homeland for good. Paras, 36, boarded a Silk Air flight to the city-state on Tuesday, a senior airport security official in Nepal...
In a potentially landmark judgment, the auction website eBay was found guilty by a French court yesterday of failing to prevent the sale of fake luxury goods on the internet. The internet site, which described the ruling as "indecent", was ordered to pay almost 40m (31.6m) in...
PARIS AFP — A French court on Monday ordered online auctioneer eBay to pay nearly 40 million euros in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods, in a ruling cheered as a victory for copyright protection. The Paris commercial court ruled in favour of six LVMH...
