The luxury segment started heating up in late summer, said Joel Bines, a director in the global retail practice at AlixPartners.

乔尔·拜恩斯，AlixPartners公司的全球零售专家表示，奢侈品消费从夏末开始升温。

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Located on Shanghai's equivalent of Fifth Avenue, the 35, 000-square-foot building includes a luxury spa and restaurant in addition to its vast retail space.

这座位于上海的“第五大道”、3500平方英尺的大楼除了广阔的零售区以外，还包括一家奢侈品中心和一家餐馆。

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Last year Mr Pinault had eyed Bulgari, an Italian luxury-goods company and other jewellers and fashion designers in Italy and France to beef up the luxury arm of his retail-cum-luxury empire.

去年皮诺先生已经在关注一家意大利的奢侈品公司Bulgari，以及其它法国和意大利的珠宝和时尚设计师，想以此来扩充他的零售+奢侈品帝国在奢侈品业务上的实力。

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Analysts were looking for better growth in luxury retail markets as the U.S. and European economies improve.

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In the past, rapid economic growth and rising wages have directly translated to increases in luxury retail sales in China.

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Some of the improvement in the luxury retail market in the U.S. may have had a hand in that, but the more significant demand came from Asia.

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