The Tiffany premium is long-standing because the company is viewed a potential takeover target.
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That's why this season the Tiffany network actively pursued the one thing it didn't have: buzz.
For years, the Tiffany Network's digital strategy consisted of creating strong ties to existing sites.
Nordstrom and the Tiffany's of the world, their sales are great.
The annual college basketball tournament offers the Tiffany network a three-week platform to reach the otherwise hard to pin down young male viewer, who is prized by advertisers.
Authors Peyton Baxter-White, and her best friend Nicola Goodstein-Goodstein, both Brearley grads, will blow the lid off Park Avenue bridge clubs in the forthcoming blockbuster bestseller The Tiffany Diaries.
The Tiffany Network earned a 5.2 rating the following year when the sisters had a rematch and a respectable 3.3 in 2008 when Serena faced Jelena Jankovic in the Finals.
After all, the Tiffany network regularly charms 11.8 million viewers in prime-time, up ever so slightly from last season and nearly 20% ahead of no. 2 (Fox), according to The Nielsen Company.
But if results from many of the year's other award shows, including the Tonys, the Grammys and the Academy of Country Music Awards, are any indication, the Tiffany network has reason to be hopeful.
In fact, the Tiffany network rounded out another television season no. 1 in total viewers, a title it has held for seven of the last eight seasons. (For the advertiser-beloved 18-to-49-year-old demo, it ranks second behind Fox.) What its offerings lack in pop-cultural prominence they make up for in viewer loyalty.
We own best-of-breed retailers like the jeweler Tiffany (26, TIF) and Lowe's Cos. (55, LOW), the do-it-yourself building materials chain.
In an SEC filing, Tiffany said the two sides were unable to agree on a price for Tiffany to purchase the intellectual property rights of Peretti.
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While the priciest Tiffany and Cartier pieces tend to be understated, Bulgari's designs shout--like a necklace with 84 carats of ruby and 674 carats of emerald beads, embellished with diamond-set rondelles.
Where CBS was once alone, it now faces a vast array of rivals who learned from the "tiffany" network's early success and have become adept at beating them at their own game.
So the message that I got from Tiffany and the message that I think we all want to send to members of Congress is this is a solvable problem.
U.S. companies such as Wal-Mart, Nike and, at the luxury end, Tiffany have been expanding in the country in recent years.
The retailer said that a customer alerted Tiffany in November to the sale of what was promoted on in-store signs as "Tiffany" diamond engagement rings at a Costco store in Huntington Beach, Calif.
And Phillips Odowo is a serious threat in the triple jump, as is Tiffany Porter in the 100 meter hurdles.
The value of that relationship was put to the test in 2012 when Tiffany announced in May that the partnership was in danger of ending.
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During the term of the agreement, Peretti may not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Peretti Intellectual Property unless it has the approval of Tiffany.
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However, under the agreement, Tiffany may reduce retail prices by 20 percent in order to achieve an overall average gross margin for Peretti objects of no greater than 50 percent.
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He rattles on about positivity and "a shot at silver linings, " yet he can't seem to appreciate the shot he's got in the person of Tiffany, who keeps flashing across his jogging orbit like a rogue comet.
"Typically we call all customers within the week, " says Tiffany Ullian, fashion director at the Seattle-based company.
The female model that Bouguereau painted so impressed the American artist Louis Comfort Tiffany that he used her as the subject of one of his most famous glass windows.
But the main portion of the agreement dealt with finances and from the looks of it Tiffany very much wanted Peretti to stay, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"The black display makes this watch unique, and Tiffany adds to the value, " says Geoffroy Ader, Sotheby's European head of watches.
The closure of Woolworths, a British retail chain, indicates how bad things are at the bottom end of the market, but the 30% decline in Tiffany's American holiday sales shows the top end has not been spared either.
So the biggest chance for an increase in Tiffany stock price would be the result of a positive earnings surprise.
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In its designs it was still guided by the art nouveau tastes of its founder, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who restyled the interior of the White House in the 1880s and became the most fashionable decorator in New York .
The production, led by directors John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg, originated at the National Theatre of Scotland and made a stop last summer in the Lincoln Center Festival.
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