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Luxury brands drawn to Greek capital's expanding retail market
Up until a few years ago, foreign tourists visiting Athens hardly did any shopping apart from picking up a souvenir from Plaka or the...
Dimitra Manifava
Dec 10, 20192 min read


Why Emerging Designer Handbags Are Having Better Luck In China Than Big Luxury
By Far is a four-year-old Bulgarian accessory label winning over a large number of Chinese followers. It already has over 4,500 mentions...
Wenzhou Wu
Dec 5, 20194 min read


US Black Friday shoppers spend record US$7.4 billion online – and Cyber Monday could be bigger
Shoppers across the United States splashed out US$7.4 billion online during the Black Friday post-Thanksgiving buying bonanza, according...
Agencies
Dec 1, 20193 min read


Top Ten Reasons Tesla’s Cybertruck Windows Shattered Despite Being ‘Unbreakable’
Some refer to the incident as windowgate. Jokes and memes a plenty have arisen, and the media headlines touted that expectations were...
Lance Eliot
Nov 30, 201912 min read


Chinese baristas stir up Italy’s purist coffee culture in face of racism and violent crime
“Chinese bars are everywhere, and the cappuccino is in a state of shock”. So go the translated lyrics of a slightly xenophobic 2013...
Hilary Clarke
Nov 27, 20194 min read


Louis Vuitton owner LVMH to buy Tiffany for $16bn
LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury group, is to take over Tiffany & Co, the US jeweller famed for its engagement rings and white diamond...
Julia Kollewe
Nov 25, 20193 min read


Alibaba To Raise Up To $12.9 Billion In World’s Biggest Public Listing This Year
Topline: In the world’s biggest IPO so far this year, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is set to raise up to $12.9 billion in a landmark...
Sergei Klebnikov
Nov 20, 20192 min read


China’s bricks-and-mortar stores stress the shopping experience, rev up with technology to survive t
Alibaba hauled in a record 268.6 billion yuan of transactions in just 24 hours this Singles’ Day, an amount that took the insurer AIA a...
Pearl Liu
Nov 16, 20196 min read


How much would giving up meat help the environment?
IT IS NO secret that steaks and chops are delicious. But guzzling them incurs high costs for both carnivorous humans and the planet. Over...
Graphic detail
Nov 15, 20191 min read


Alibaba's Singles Day beat Amazon's estimated Prime Day sales within an hour and crushed ana
As Alibaba reaches the conclusion of Singles Day, its 24-hour shopping extravaganza held each year on November 11, the e-commerce giant...
Bethany Biron
Nov 12, 20192 min read
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