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Luxury goods group sales increase worldwide

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Beyond Brics: Russian diamonds

An Antwerp diamond expert assesses the quality of a diamond.

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Alrosa holds back diamond supplies in a bid to raise the price and demand for luxury gems

Beyond Brics: Hong Kong shopping loses sparkle

A customer looks at jewelry in a Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. store in Hong Kong, China,

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High rent and high prices turn off shoppers and foreign retailers. Has the Chinese luxury bubble burst?

Alphaville: Wine loans

The curious cases of red inventory - is there a booming business for high-value security loans against high-quality wine?

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Mulberry profits fall 36% as costs rise

Higher costs weigh on luxury goods group

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Rolex to be F1 official timekeeper

Swiss luxury watchmaker in sponsorship deal with racing series

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PPR completes Redcats US disposal

Private equity firms buy OneStopPlus for $525m enterprise value

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The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 is the lead engine for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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Rolls-Royce reveals SFO corruption probe

Chinese and Indonesian allegations could lead to prosecutions

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Mergers and acquisitions, and the Orient-Express

The pursuit of a luxury hotel brand raises some intriguing questions for dealmakers

Baking with the FT

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Pucci designer Peter Dundas shares his secret recipe for gingerbread cookies

Luxury industry: movers and shakers

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The luxury industry’s latest big-name appointments in a new regular feature

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China’s Xi to let a hundred flowers wilt

New leader cracks down on lavish welcomes and bloated bureaucracy

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Green nears Topshop stake sale

Tycoon eyes 25% sale to US private equity group

From MARKETS Dec 4, 2012

Sluggish gold slips below $1,700

Traders bullish on medium term despite metal’s lack of direction

Art deco hotels in Miami’s South Beach district

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How culture created Miami Nice

Ten years after its first Art Basel fair, the fortunes of the Florida city have been transformed

Power dressing: Georg Josef Riedel

Georg Josef Riedel, chief executive of Riedel, the Austrian wine glass company

Ties are becoming less fashionable and men more casual, says the chief executive of Riedel

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A lighter shade of pale

Chrissie Rucker spotted a homeware niche, says Christopher Thompson

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Dec 3, 2012

Hugo Boss dresses in the fast lane

German fashion group aiming to become a more serious retailer

From INDUSTRIALS Dec 3, 2012

Ford shifts up a gear on Lincoln

Mulally aims to relaunch struggling luxury brand

From COMPANIES BY REGION Dec 3, 2012

Italian special forces warm to UK knitwear

Armadillo Merino’s wool vests safer than synthetic fibre

Dec 2, 2012

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