OAKLAND, Calif — Apple this month unveiled an array of new gadgets: more powerful MacBook laptop computers, AirPod wireless headphones with longer battery life and HomePod Mini speakers in three […]
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Back to news homePrivate Jet Market Grapples With Surge in Get-Me-Away Demand
What’s causing problems are jet cancellations. “Most of these jet cards, if the operator cancels it because of a mechanical issue, they guarantee you a replacement aircraft at no cost,” […]
High Octane and a Stick Shift: Standout Cars as an Era Starts to End
For speed demons — or demons wedded to hellacious fossil-fuel power — the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing checks off quite a list. A supercharged, 668-horsepower V-8. A top speed above 200 […]
Luxury’s Gray Market Is Emerging From the Shadows
Imagine you are hunting online for a pair of square-toed slides from Bottega Veneta, one of the most-hyped luxury brands of the moment. A new season pair can cost more […]
Farewell, Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy
A few years ago, while on a work trip in Los Angeles, I hailed an Uber for a crosstown ride during rush hour. I knew it would be a long […]
Vets Go Upscale to Care for Pets (and Their Owners)
When Allegra Brochin and her boyfriend adopted Sprinkles, a feisty white Maltese, last year, they set about finding pet care.“I immediately started looking,” said Ms. Brochin, 23, who works as […]
How to Get a Peloton-Style Workout Without Splurging
Lisa Whitney, a dietitian in Reno, Nev., came across the deal of a lifetime about two years ago. A fitness studio was going out of business and selling its equipment. […]
What Giant Skeletons and Puppy Shortages Told Us About the 2020 Economy
America has Zoom towns.Many middle-class millennials who lingered on the housing market’s sidelines for years reported that the pandemic had hastened their buying plans. They have been lured by the […]
The Luxury E-Commerce Wars Heat Up
In 2015, the chairman and controlling shareholder of the luxury goods group Richemont, Johann Rupert, took to the stage at an industry conference in Monte Carlo and issued a rallying […]
To Survive the Pandemic, Savile Row Cuts a Bespoke Strategy
LONDON — One morning in early November, a tailor on Savile Row took the measurements of a client 5,500 miles away with the help of a robot. The tailor, Dario […]