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Bagging plastic bags. A map of bans around the globe--plus some high-fashion alternative carryalls [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy...
...sounds like the best of all possible worlds, it is. Like Thorne, a growing number of consumers around the world are beginning to realize that ownership?of cars, vacation homes, high-fashion gowns and even expensive artwork?doesn't always come with privileges. It used to be that possessing such status symbols was a measure of how successful you were. But with priorities shifting away from showing off such material markers to showing off financial smarts, the leasing bug is spreading fastest within the high-income brackets...
...This is not to say that mainlanders are as profligate as, for example, middle-class Americans, whose savings rate is zero. The survey shows that they are value-conscious. Although they are exposed to new trends in high-fashion consumption through the media, many middle-class Chinese still regard "luxury" as a synonym for "unnecessary waste." They tend to buy luxury items such as watches and jewelry sparingly and only when shopping outside the mainland...
...world's largest bra maker, has transferred much of the manufacturing of basic bras from its Shenzhen factory to other facilities such as its plant at Long Nan in Jiangxi province, where labor costs (including benefits) are 60% lower. Top Form's Shenzhen factory is now focused on manufacturing high-fashion bras featuring delicate fabrics and complicated designs, which require more talent to produce, but also fetch higher prices in European boutiques. Last year, Top Form also opened a product-development center in Shenzhen to create its own bras. "Shenzhen is not a place for low-skilled manufacturing any more...
Manufactured in Hong Kong, Italy and the U.S., the collection is the result of Tommy Hilfiger's acquisition of the Karl Lagerfeld trademark in 2004. And while Lagerfeld is famous for his multitasking talents, whether that means cutting a Chanel jacket, designing a Fendi fur coat, snapping a high-fashion photograph or discussing 16th century Spanish philosophy in one of his five languages, the world of less expensive clothes is new territory for him. Adding one more collection may be easy. Breaking into a crowded market filled with a vast array of established denim brands, T shirt designers and manufacturing...