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		<title><![CDATA[Luxury Bargain Hunter Gilt Groupe Takes E-Commerce Cruise With Cond]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpaidcontent.org%2Farticle%2F419-luxury-bargain-hunter-gilt-groupe-takes-e-commerce-cruise-with-conde-na%2F&siteid=23&tag=contentnext]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ As print properties struggle on, invite-only luxury discount shopping site Gilt Groupe plans to increase its ties to publishers as well as playing up its own content. The site has created &#8220;vacations and escapes&#8221; site called Jetsetter, which will be connected to advertisers from the pages of Cond by...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Could Daimler and Its Luxury Rivals Lead a More General Auto Recovery?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luxury import brands like Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Lexus can be expected to be the last in, and first out, of a U.S. recession. With those brands showing life, will the rest of the market follow? by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:08:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starbucks: Give Your Customers Free Stuff (For a Price)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The coffee company found that customers will pay $25 if they get freebies when they return to the store. The lesson: Rewarding customers need not always be an expense; sometimes it can generate new revenues.               ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Market in a Downturn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Quelch, one of the best-known academic minds in marketing, talks to BNET about the two types of luxury consumers ("must-haves" and "wannabes") and how to appeal to both in a recession.      	You&#8217;ve said there are two types of luxury consumers. What are  they?...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In a Downturn, Consumers Hang On to Little Luxuries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/04/28/in-a-downturn-consumers-hang-on-to-little-luxuries/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    I was chatting to a couple of CFOs about their approach to 2009 and it became plain people aren't completely cutting out all of their luxuries, even though the recession has begun to bite.    Peter Hatherly, CFO of Simple Health & Beauty explained...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:10:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Capitalize on Affordable Luxuries]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over-leveraged consumers have less disposable income now than they  have in past recessions — but history suggests they'll open  their wallets for the right stuff.    	              The scenario: Over-leveraged consumers have less...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now college students can catch mono in luxurious surroundings!  American Campus Communities ACC]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A look at "Deluxe"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowledge@Wharton's latest Off the Shelf, posted today, reviews Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster (published in August 2007).Â  In a review titled Illusion, Not Quality: The Transformation of the Luxury Niche into a Global Mass Market, Off the Shelf gives an extensive recap of the rise of luxury goods makers,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:10:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hotelier Deirdre Wallace: Eco-Friendly Luxury]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the first days of the green movement, consumers have been on the lookout for ways to save the planet while keeping their standard of luxury.  Deirdre Wallace introduced such a way when she opened The Ambrose Hotel in Santa Monica, California in 2003. With 77 rooms, The Ambrose...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can the Luxury Fashion Brand Store Atmosphere Be Transferred to the Internet?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=140717]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The luxury experience is summed up in the store visit, the immersion within the highly aesthetic, creative and prestigious ambience of the retail atmosphere and ultimately interacting with the products through touching, feeling and sometimes smelling them. The retail store plays a prominent role in the overall luxury buying experience...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Born Into Luxury]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=158818]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's no secret that luxury fashion brands have lost revenue over the last five years and are struggling to find new, innovative ways of breathing life into their brands to stay relevant and extend customer bases. Ultra-premium fashion houses may be well known even to Target shoppers but remaining fresh...]]></description>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=127357]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[American consumers have become accustomed to the luxury of fresh, refrigerated milk as a mainstay in their consumption habits. But that luxury is slowly eroding, as dairy plant consolidations are altering distribution and mass-merchandiser venues operate through strategies of non-refrigerated retailing. The result is that dairy beverages that can be...]]></description>
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