Cette fin d’année tout le monde l’attendait : certains pour recevoir des cadeaux, d’autres pour les vendre surtout. Après des mois et des mois teintés d’incertitudes politiques et sociales en tout genre et des indicateurs économiques en berne, les commer?ants, les restaurateurs, les h?teliers ne rêvaient que d’une chose : compenser la morosité de l’année 2011 par le dynamisme économique qui caractérise les deux semaines de No?l et du Nouvel An. Pari gagné à moitié. Même si les touristes et expatriés sont venus en nombre en cette saison de fêtes, ce ne sont que les grands h?tels et centres commerciaux de Beyrouth qui semblent en bénéficier, laissant à la tra?ne les petits commer?ants qui ont de plus en plus de mal à liquider leurs marchandises et qui affichent déjà des soldes sur les vitrines des magasins.
Taking the Fifth. L’année 2011 a été catastrophique pour les h?tels qui ont affiché une perte moyenne de 35 % de leurs revenus sur un an ?, indique le président du syndicat des h?teliers, Pierre Achkar. Chez les commer?ants, les chiffres sont pratiquement les mêmes, sur les sept premiers mois de l’année, les recettes étaient de 30 % inférieures à celles de 2010. ? C’est une moyenne bien entendu. Mieux vaut être une grande entreprise qui commercialise des produits de première nécessité à Beyrouth qu’un petit commerce en dehors de la capitale, vendant des produits de luxe ?, explique le président de l’Association des commer?ants de Beyrouth (ACB), Nicolas Chammas.
La faute tout d’abord à la situation politique interne. ? La corrélation est très forte entre la stabilité politique et la croissance du pays ?, explique M. Chammas. ? En début d’année, le vide institutionnel causé par l’absence de gouvernement et l’incertitude liée à l’expiration du mandat du gouverneur de la Banque du Liban, Riad Salamé, a plombé l’activité économique ?, ajoute-il.De plus, le mois d’ao?t, qui est supposé être le mois des vacances et de l’affluence des touristes, a été, cette année, celui du ramadan et a attiré 20 % de moins de touristes que l’année dernière et 30 % de moins que la précédente.
2011年12月27日星期二
2011年12月19日星期一
Taking the Fifth
When the newest Fifth Avenue blockbuster flagship opened in mid-October, a line of rabid shoppers snaked all the way down 53rd Street to Sixth Avenue to get inside. But despite the store's prestigious address, the masses weren't salivating for limited-edition $5,000 handbags or $20,000 diamond baubles.Rather, the retail outlet was Japanese fast-fashion brand Uniqlo, selling $9.99 skinny jeans on Manhattan's equivalent of the Champs Elysee. With Uniqlo joining Zara, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, H&M and Gap, the mallification of Fifth Avenue was nearly complete, driving the old guard of upscale shoppers to distraction.
"I thought we got rid of Disney and the NBA Store, and we were going to get some grand, luxury emporium," sniffs Hayley Corwick, the Upper East Side blogger behind shopping site Madison Avenue Spy. "Things were looking up. And all of a sudden, it was Hollister and Uniqlo. It's mystifying. The walk from Bergdorf to Saks used to be a dazzling window shopping experience, and now I find it a little more like the new 42nd Street."Fifth Avenue has been the city's most extravagant residential street for 150 years, ever since Caroline Schermerhorn Astor announced its arrival by moving to the corner of Fifth and 34th Street in 1862.
As the moneyed class proliferated or Coach Factory Outlet Retailers, a tony shopping district soon followed, with Bergdorf Goodman and Lord & Taylor's flagship stores opening in 1914 and Saks Fifth Avenue debuting 10 years later.For decades, the stretch between 49th and 60th streets was one of the most expensive in the world, dotted with high-end boutiques such as Cartier, Henri Bendel, Harry Winston and Louis Vuitton. Perhaps its most celebrated shop is Tiffany & Co., where Holly Golightly dreamed of finding a more glamorous life — and the man who'd pay for it all.
"I thought we got rid of Disney and the NBA Store, and we were going to get some grand, luxury emporium," sniffs Hayley Corwick, the Upper East Side blogger behind shopping site Madison Avenue Spy. "Things were looking up. And all of a sudden, it was Hollister and Uniqlo. It's mystifying. The walk from Bergdorf to Saks used to be a dazzling window shopping experience, and now I find it a little more like the new 42nd Street."Fifth Avenue has been the city's most extravagant residential street for 150 years, ever since Caroline Schermerhorn Astor announced its arrival by moving to the corner of Fifth and 34th Street in 1862.
As the moneyed class proliferated or Coach Factory Outlet Retailers, a tony shopping district soon followed, with Bergdorf Goodman and Lord & Taylor's flagship stores opening in 1914 and Saks Fifth Avenue debuting 10 years later.For decades, the stretch between 49th and 60th streets was one of the most expensive in the world, dotted with high-end boutiques such as Cartier, Henri Bendel, Harry Winston and Louis Vuitton. Perhaps its most celebrated shop is Tiffany & Co., where Holly Golightly dreamed of finding a more glamorous life — and the man who'd pay for it all.
2011年12月15日星期四
Coach Factory Outlet Retailers
A famed and well reputed brand name in the leather current market is "Coach". It is an American centered company that sells the best good quality leather items. The organization is primarily based in The united states but it sells its merchandise in the course of the earth. The topmost advertising products and solutions of Coach are its purses and handbags.It was not only firm who benefited with these Coach Factory Outlet Merchants. The possible buyers were also ready to enjoy procuring the typical good quality leather products and solutions of their warm favourite provider from these stores.
Coach has focused the interest of females in long lasting leather products and solutions. Coach makes not only unique but also a vast assortment of models from leather. The increasing desire of leather add-ons has compelled the business to market its products in unique areas of the place. This is generally accomplished by means of Coach Factory Outlet Shop. These retailers held the Coach Company to enhance their product sales.
The designers are qualified to produce the most needed styles. Each and every Coach Accessory has a unique minimize and shape that suits with their day-to-day style and fashion.However Coach Products are comparatively pricey but they are backed by guarantee and provide the best top quality. The policy which performs driving these products and solutions is that purchaser has to pay very well for acquiring the greatest top quality merchandise. It is a sensible offer as all those who pay perfectly gets effectively.
Coach has focused the interest of females in long lasting leather products and solutions. Coach makes not only unique but also a vast assortment of models from leather. The increasing desire of leather add-ons has compelled the business to market its products in unique areas of the place. This is generally accomplished by means of Coach Factory Outlet Shop. These retailers held the Coach Company to enhance their product sales.
The designers are qualified to produce the most needed styles. Each and every Coach Accessory has a unique minimize and shape that suits with their day-to-day style and fashion.However Coach Products are comparatively pricey but they are backed by guarantee and provide the best top quality. The policy which performs driving these products and solutions is that purchaser has to pay very well for acquiring the greatest top quality merchandise. It is a sensible offer as all those who pay perfectly gets effectively.
2011年12月13日星期二
Fake paper bags are the latest buzz in the malls
It's not only fake designer handbags that are attracting bargain hunters. Nowadays, the fever is spreading to fake paper shopping bags featuring famous brands.A random search using the keyword combination of "paper bag" with any famous brand name will find dozens - sometimes more than 100 - of results on Taobao.com, the most widely used shopping website in China.There are more than 80 online stores selling Chanel paper shopping bags. Some 70 are selling Gucci paper shopping bags.It is hard to tell whether the paper bags are authentic from the photos on the websites, but most are imitations.
The paper bags are usually priced between 5 yuan ($0.78) and 40 yuan.Hermes Temptation Takes Hold in Jakarta. People selling more expensive bags claim theirs are authentic.In Wang Xuesheng's store, more than 600 paper bags with a Louis Vuitton logo, priced at 3 yuan apiece, sold within 30 days.Wang sells paper bags as well as paper boxes and ribbons featuring a wide rage of luxury brands such as Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada and Burberry.He admitted that the paper bags in his store were just imitations of the real thing."Most people buy the bags only for the logo," he said. "In fact, if you take a close look at the bag, you will easily discover that the material is different from authentic ones."
Wang is an owner of a paper-packing factory in Guangzhou. The online store, which has been open for seven months, is just his sideline."Although the sales volume is high, the profit is limited. The store earns less than 200 yuan a day despite its 50 percent profit mark-up," he said."I used to produce paper bags for people who had created their own brands for online stores but later I noticed an increasing demand for paper bags with logos from high-end goods," he said, adding that the most popular brands in his store are Louis Vuitton and Gucci."In the beginning, my clients were mostly people who sell fake handbags. Later, we gradually won more independent customers," he said.
The paper bags are usually priced between 5 yuan ($0.78) and 40 yuan.Hermes Temptation Takes Hold in Jakarta. People selling more expensive bags claim theirs are authentic.In Wang Xuesheng's store, more than 600 paper bags with a Louis Vuitton logo, priced at 3 yuan apiece, sold within 30 days.Wang sells paper bags as well as paper boxes and ribbons featuring a wide rage of luxury brands such as Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada and Burberry.He admitted that the paper bags in his store were just imitations of the real thing."Most people buy the bags only for the logo," he said. "In fact, if you take a close look at the bag, you will easily discover that the material is different from authentic ones."
Wang is an owner of a paper-packing factory in Guangzhou. The online store, which has been open for seven months, is just his sideline."Although the sales volume is high, the profit is limited. The store earns less than 200 yuan a day despite its 50 percent profit mark-up," he said."I used to produce paper bags for people who had created their own brands for online stores but later I noticed an increasing demand for paper bags with logos from high-end goods," he said, adding that the most popular brands in his store are Louis Vuitton and Gucci."In the beginning, my clients were mostly people who sell fake handbags. Later, we gradually won more independent customers," he said.
2011年12月6日星期二
Hermes Temptation Takes Hold in Jakarta
For many people, spending tens of thousands of dollars on a handbag seems ridiculous, even if it has been crafted by masters and labeled “Hermes.” The high-fashion French bags might be beautiful, but the same amount of money could buy a new car or even a decent house in Jakarta.For others, however, a luxury Hermes handbag is an irresistible temptation, and they would make nearly any sacrifice to get one.Fitria Yusuf and Alexandra Dewi understand the powerful allure of a Hermes bag. The two entrepreneurs, fashionistas and socialites have been reselling them in Indonesia for almost two years, and in their new book, “Hermes Temptation,” they discuss how luxury handbags have evolved into a social phenomenon here and how the business has affected their own outlook on life.
“For most high-society ladies in Indonesia, Hermes bags are not only luxury items, but also status symbols that can help to cement their position in society,” Dewi said.The book, which was released this week in Jakarta, details how the two started a BlackBerry Messenger chat group, also named “Hermes Temptation,” in December 2009, using it as a forum to sell new and secondhand Hermes bags.The chat group soon expanded to seven groups and today it has 210 members, all avid Hermes fans who often spend hours every day talking about and hunting for the luxury bags.
“Our BlackBerrys used to freeze on an hourly basis because of these groups,” Dewi said with a laugh.Dewi has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the American College for the Applied Arts in Los Angeles.Chris Burch goes retail, Together with her husband, she manages Sun Hope Indonesia, a Jakarta-based company that sells vitamins and food supplements, but in her spare time she loves to write. Her first book, “I Beg Your Prada,” was published by Gramedia in 2006.
“For most high-society ladies in Indonesia, Hermes bags are not only luxury items, but also status symbols that can help to cement their position in society,” Dewi said.The book, which was released this week in Jakarta, details how the two started a BlackBerry Messenger chat group, also named “Hermes Temptation,” in December 2009, using it as a forum to sell new and secondhand Hermes bags.The chat group soon expanded to seven groups and today it has 210 members, all avid Hermes fans who often spend hours every day talking about and hunting for the luxury bags.
“Our BlackBerrys used to freeze on an hourly basis because of these groups,” Dewi said with a laugh.Dewi has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the American College for the Applied Arts in Los Angeles.Chris Burch goes retail, Together with her husband, she manages Sun Hope Indonesia, a Jakarta-based company that sells vitamins and food supplements, but in her spare time she loves to write. Her first book, “I Beg Your Prada,” was published by Gramedia in 2006.
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