Out are leather straps and linen shirts, more typical of their designer goods.
Homes, offices and warehouses were hit, with police grabbing fake designer goods and counterfeit drugs as well as firearms and bullets.
Expensive goody bags full of designer goods are also given to each guest that attends the wedding, along with a thank you card.
Such exclusive merchandise will distinguish Target stores, asserting its ability to sell designer goods no one else has, while simultaneously battling the competition head on where it needs to with national brands at discounted prices.
For example, in the course of reporting the story, Luxury For Less: New Web Sites And Shops Offer Gently Used Designer Goods, Forbes contributor Wendy Goffe bought the handbag pictured above at the San Francisco consignment shop, Cris.
See the traffic charts below for a handful of notable designer-goods Web startups.
At the moment designer label goods made outside the European Union can not be sold legally in the UK without the permission of the manufacturer.
Tastes in bags vary around the country, says Bill Adler, founder and designer of WILL Leather Goods in Eugene, Ore.
Today they've been overtaken by Russian and Chinese consumers, who demand luxury goods from designer boutiques but also cheaper ware available in department stores and specialty fur shops.
The way the company treats its employees, it seems, is just as important a branding factor as its designer sweaters, its trendy kitchen goods, and its funky advertising.
Some of the seemingly Burberrian goods aren't made by the London designer or its licensing partners--that upholstery in Williams' Corvette, for instance.
Some of the seemingly Burberrian goods aren't made by the London-based designer or its licensing partners--that upholstery in Williams' Corvette, for instance, or cell phone covers in the check.
Designer labels, which Indians once travelled abroad to buy, adorn pricey goods in shopping centres all over Delhi, Mumbai and India's other big cities.
In the end, however, and for all the increasing professionalism of luxury goods, they always remain beholden to the brilliance of a designer who can flounce off the catwalk.
Saks Fifth Avenue still has a large designer showing, but it is counting more on growth from middle priced fashion goods.
The site, which is already active and will be aimed primarily at American readers, includes posts about leather goods, a Portuguese snack called Francesinha, and an interview with designer Kris Van Assche.
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