Especially high end retail floating in the outskirts of Moscow, billionaire capital of the world.
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The Metropolis opened in 2009 and has over 250 international, high end retail brands, restaurants, a bowling alley and the usual movie theater.
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Given that nearly 50% of luxury purchases made by Chinese take place outside of the mainland, the most effective way to monitor high-end retail sales is to track credit card transactions.
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Seaside Luxe designs and operates high-end, high-style retail boutiques with current locations at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea and Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, Calif.
Besides a clear disagreement with West Coast rapper Kreayshawn, Harry Winston looks to have decided to ditch the glam-world of high-end jewelry retail and switch to the down-and-dirty realm of the diamond mine.
These are established markets dominated by high-end commercial and retail space.
One challenge facing Rousseau and David Pottruck, Schwab's co-CEO, is this: As Schwab begins to go after the high-end of the retail investment market (see story), it will find itself up against stiffer competition.
Retail consulting and research firm Customer Growth Partners is on the high end, saying that that holiday retail sales will grow by 4.5% this year. 2009 saw sluggish growth of 1.9%, on the heels of a 3.9% decline in 2008.
Scott Malkin, 52, founder of London-based high-end European outlet syndicator Value Retail and father Peter Malkin, 77, head of New York City real estate holding company that includes the Empire State Building, discuss their ties here.
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This fashion trend has been confirmed by recently reported retail sales where high-end retailers, i.e.
The company specializes in mixed-use complexes and towers that combine office and retail space with high-end apartments and green areas.
For high-end labels, this means competing to create spectacular retail spaces and experiences that convey the highest luxury, style, quality and extravagance.
The business model was simple: a website that rented high-end jewelry for special occasions at a fraction of the retail value of each piece.
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The retail bounce back appears to be dispersed among high- and low-end stores.
But Lee did pay the full retail price for his car and has owned a handful of other high-end whips before now.
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Consumer sentiment hit its highest level in over a year, and on the retail side, many stores showed surprisingly strong growth in February, with high-end retailer Nordstrom ( JWN) reporting same-store sales were up over 10%.
In travel retail, volumes are quite high because Australians are traveling because of the high Australian dollar but margins are not because the high Australian dollar affects all retail and the competitiveness of duty free in Australia, as opposed to the other end of the trip.
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Five years after arriving in Los Angeles, she now divides her creative efforts between a full-time job designing for mass market retail brands and her own line, which is inspired by her love for Native culture and high-end couture, she said.
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