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Ariel’s new film aims to address inequality in division of household chores
After a tiring day at work, it is nice to come back to a spotless home (or step out from your home office) and groan luxuriously while sinking into your sofa while grabbing the TV remote from its conveniently placed basket.

Made by 100 Hands: How an Amritsar-Amsterdam-based shirt label is the world’s most expensive
100 Hands, a boutique shirt company run by husband-wife duo Akshat Jain and Varvara Maslova, made Robb Report’s Best of the Best list, considered the ultimate accolade in luxury.

As Bodice turns 10, designer Ruchika Sachdeva shares her approach to luxury and the design process
In a country where high-end fashion is largely associated with occasion wear, Sachdeva offers an alternate approach to luxury: stripping off ornamentation to focus on pain-staking construction and harnessing Indian artisanal techniques to create utilitarian, comfortable garments that can be worn forever.

Continuing its rebellion against traditional fashion calendar, Saint Laurent presents winter collection as short film
In April 2020, Saint Laurent announced that it would skip Paris fashion week that year. And it has not returned, with its latest winter collection again delivered as an online short film outside of any normal timetable.

Audi plans just one diesel model in US following the emissions scandal
Luxury German auto brand Audi envisions the potential of just one diesel model in its U.S. product mix in the wake of the diesel emissions scandal that has embroiled its parent company Volkswagen AG, Audi's U.S. head said on Wednesday.

Image gallery: India-bound Volvo S90
The new S90 is Volvo's answer to the premium German luxury cars and should debut in India in the second half of next year

Rolls Royces, movies and more: Private Indian hospitals roll out the red carpet to lure the rich
Cinemas, Rolls-Royces and rooms so plush they could belong in a five-star hotel: private hospital operators in India are all but rolling out a red carpet to lure affluent locals and tourists to seek medical treatment at their luxe facilities.

Success Quotient: What Amitabh's Anand has taught Lacoste CEO Rajesh Jain
We disrupted the prevailing franchise model and made franchisees our equal partners. We supported them with brand guidelines and brand virtues, the boutique layout, ambience, staff and resources to maintain the brand standards.

Asian luxury executives fall victim to cyber espionage
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated industrial espionage campaign that targets business executives in luxury hotels across Asia once they sign on to computers using in-room wireless connections they consider private and secure.

EU keen to resume FTA negotiations with India at the earliest
The FTA negotiations were initially launched way back in 2007 and reached a critical phase in 2012

60% of affluent Indian consumers plan to increase discretionary spending
More than half of the affluent population of the country plans to set aside higher amounts for discretionary spending in 2015, according to a survey report released here today.

Which luxury cars are small-town consumers Googling for? BMW, Mercedes-Benz
Thiruvananthapuram, Ludhiana, Vadodara, Ernakulum, and Surat contributed the highest number of searches for Mercedes-Benz, leaving behind metros cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bangalore.<br />

Bubble fears? Rich Asian investors are pouring money into Manila's luxury condominiums
Sweating under their hard hats, renowned Polish architect David Libeskind and interior designers from Italy's Armani trooped to a construction site in sweltering, downtown Manila, to perform the ground breaking for a new tower in the Philippine capital.

Rolls-Royce rolls out limited edition of Ghost at Rs 4.66 cr
Expanding its portfolio in India, ultra-luxury car maker Rolls-Royce today launched a limited edition of its model 'Ghost' in the country, priced at Rs 4.66 crore.

Fake luxury goods mkt in India to double by 2015, cross Rs 5k cr: Assocham
The counterfeit luxury products market is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 40 to 45 percent atleast till 2015.<br /><br />