Awesome to the Max: C/D’s Coolest Cars of the 1980s
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Lotus Exige 360 Cup: Another Small-Batch Lotus
-Travel 360 degrees and you will end up in the same place. Which is pretty much the story with the new Lotus Exige 360 V6 Cup, a microscopically altered version of the Lotus Exige V6 Cup. It has fractionally more power and will be produced as a limited edition of just 50. – The last bit is further evidence of Lotus’s new marketing strategy: to sell very small series of
Lotus Exige 360 Cup: Another Small-Batch Lotus
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Officially a Thing: 2016 Lamborghini Aventador LP750-4 SuperVeloce Roadster
– For as unsurprising as it was to see Lamborghini debut the all-new Aventador Superveloce roadster on the immaculate green lawns of the Quail Lodge at Pebble Beach weekend (rich people + money + easy production decision = expensive roadster, plus it was already confirmed), one aspect of the car did spark some surprise. This is the first topless Superveloce model the company has ever produced, and Lamborghini has been building Superveloces for
Officially a Thing: 2016 Lamborghini Aventador LP750-4 SuperVeloce Roadster
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Egypt's Amer Group Q2 net profit plunges 98 pct
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Amer Group reported a sharp fall in second quarter net profit on Thursday to 856,763 Egyptian pounds ($109,490) from 42.36 million a year earlier on higher expenses and lower revenue. Revenue fell 10 percent to 392.29 million pounds from 436.97 million, the real estate company said in a statement. Sales and marketing expenses rose 23 percent, and administrative costs were up 3.4 percent, it said. At
Australia's Fairfax Media full-year profit falls 63%
Australian media company Fairfax reported a 62.9 percent drop in full-year profits on Thursday, but shareholders welcomed the consensus-beating result amid the challenges facing news organisations in the digital age. Net profit plunged to Aus$83.17 million (US$61.49 million) from a year ago said Fairfax, which owns newspapers, radio and digital interests across Australia. Underlying revenue — excluding the sale of two print plants and closed operations — rose 0.3 percent
Canada PM pledges limits on foreign home buyers if needed
By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged on Wednesday if reelected to limit foreign purchases of Canadian real estate if it turns out that such purchases are pricing Canadians out of the housing market. “There are real concerns that foreign, nonresident real estate speculation is the reason some Canadian families find house prices beyond their budgets,” Harper said in Vancouver, where the housing market is
Canada PM pledges limits on foreign home buyers if needed
By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged on Wednesday if reelected to limit foreign purchases of Canadian real estate if it turns out that such purchases are pricing Canadians out of the housing market. “There are real concerns that foreign, nonresident real estate speculation is the reason some Canadian families find house prices beyond their budgets,” Harper said in Vancouver, where the housing market is
Republican debate sets TV record with 24 million viewers
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Republican candidates’ prime-time debate on Fox News Channel drew 24 million viewers, more than double the prior record for a presidential primary debate and the highest non-sports telecast in cable TV history, according to Nielsen data released on Friday. The tally for Thursday’s event in Cleveland more than doubled Fox News Channel’s previous largest audience, the 11.8 million viewers who tuned in
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Financial Times sold by Pearson for $1.3B
How To Spend It’s Oct. 19 cover Publisher Pearson is selling the FT Group to Japanese-based global media company Nikkei Inc. for a gross amount of $1.3 billion. This sale includes the FT newspaper, the publication’s Web site and supplement magazine How To Spend It, along with other titles, with a combined circulation of 737,000. With Nikkei’s experience in running journalistic publications, Pearson expects the group to “continue to flourish”
How to market to the various kinds of luxury consumers
Akash Kaura is part of the insights team for Asia-Pacific at LinkedIn Marketing Solutions By Akash Kaura Luxury goods and services are a significant market worldwide. The 350-million strong consumer base is an enormous revenue opportunity, according to Bain. What is more, Hong Kong consumers spent close to U.S. $8 billion on luxury goods in 2014. Their counterparts in Singapore spent close to U.S. $4 billion with Indonesians weighing in at
Top 10 luxury apparel and accessories efforts of H1
Armani’s Le Sac 11 handbag As consumers are becoming more digitally inclined, luxury apparel and accessories brands are finding ways of telling their stories through creative films or multimedia projects. Whether celebrating an anniversary or exploring an iconic garment, labels brought consumers into the discussion through digital, often enabling them to become part of the conversation. Brands also found innovative ways to bring their fashion to life in public, using
Neiman Marcus partners with The RealReal to expand in-store consignment
Neiman Marcus in Walnut Creek, CA Fashion retailer Neiman Marcus is partnering with online luxury consignment marketplace The RealReal to provide luxury consumers with a simple way to consign their clothes. The new initiative will allow consignors to receive payment for their luxury goods in the form of Neiman Marcus gift cards with the added bonus of an additional 10 percent of the value. In this way, consumers can continue
Top 10 luxury retail efforts of H1
Neiman Marcus Memory Mirror In the first half of 2015, retailers embraced technology to ease the purchasing process and elevate the in-store experience for their consumers. From smart mirrors and mobile payments to new social media networks that connect shoppers, multi-brand stores worked to surprise and delight their customers across channels. In addition, creative campaigns challenged norms and generated conversations. Here are the top 10 retail efforts of the first half of
