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Retail revelation: The new power shopper is male

Women may still be fashion's biggest spenders, but the fastest rise in online shopping and those frequenting physical stores, is men. This may be a reversal of gender stereotypes as much as a new revelation as to where brands should focus their marketing dollars. No longer is shopping a behaviour mostly a female motivation. A plethora of recent...

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69 Louis Vuitton bags: What retailers should sell to cover rent on the most expensive streets

New York City's Upper Fifth Avenue has managed to hold onto its title as the world's most expensive shopping street, with rents on Fifth Avenue from 49th to 60th street commanding 3,500 dollars (2,303 pounds) per square foot annually. Hong Kong's Causeway Bay, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris and London's New Bond street held on to their...