Electronics

Luxury on Sale in Bangkok

Bangkok bargain-hunters will be pleased to know that the frowns have gone from the Land of Smiles. Only three weeks or so after the end of violent anti-government protests in Bangkok, the welcome mat is being rolled out. The city’s tourism industry is wasting no time in dishing out big discounts to woo tourists. Five-star [...]

Bain & Co Luxury Report

Bain & Co expect growth in Luxury market. After the market shrivelled by some 8 percent in 2009, this year sales of expensive jewellery, champagne and other fancy goods from Germany and elsewhere are expected to increase by 4 percent to €158 billion, the study by consulting firm Bain & Company said. “After three painful [...]

China to be World’s biggest luxury goods market in 5 yrs

China will rank as the World’s biggest market for luxury goods in 5 yrs, a Blue Paper on China’s commercial development from Y 2009 to 2010 released in Beijing Wednesday said. Released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Blue Paper said China’s luxury goods market had increased to US$9.4B by the end of [...]

Affluent Market Tracking Study #17

Many books, much research, a lot of time and effort have been written about the spending attitudes of the high and ultra high net worth population, mainly because of the challenge they consistently present: they are an elusive group, as they would prefer to remain relatively anonymous. However, the American Affluence Research Center’s work stands [...]

The Blu-Ray Boom

The finest audio and visual equipment is needed to make the most of Blu-ray. You can’t argue with the improvements in picture and sound quality of Blu-ray discs over DVDs but do some homework before you buy a Blu-ray player this Christmas. It could be wasted money if you don’t have a full-high-definition screen and [...]

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Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

Most private-equity and hedge funds typically take 20 percent of investment gains as carried interest, on top of 2 percent of assets as a management fee to …