After the Fad
Would You Buy Madoff’s Yard Sign for $2,000?
Scenes from the auction on Bernie’s estate.
By Chadwick Matlin | November 16, 2009
How Luxury Will Survive
It will migrate to China and India.
By Marion Maneker | November 3, 2009
Luxe Redux
As in the ’30s, high-end brands are playing down bling and playing up value.
By Karl Taro Greenfeld | July 8, 2009
ADM Does the Ethanol Shuffle
CEO Patricia Woertz tried to turn an agri-giant into a biofuels firm—until the bubble burst.
By Ryan Blitstein | June 2, 2009
Credit Suisse's Mountain of Debt
Loaning to Western ski resorts cost the bank hundreds of millions.
By Jonathan Weber | May 22, 2009
Luxury as an Investment?
Recessions make high-end marketers creatively desperate.
By Lesley M. M. Blume | May 6, 2009
Mother Suckers
The hidden market devouring Twilight novels.
By Martha C. White | April 23, 2009
The Spa Bath Bubble Has Burst
In the recession, ultraluxury retreats are getting soaked.
By Katherine Stewart | April 13, 2009
Abercrombie & Fitch Loses Its Cool
The retailer stubbornly clings to luxury while everyone else cuts prices.
By Caitlin McDevitt | April 10, 2009
Gymboree's Worn-Out Clothes
Is the retailer a victim of capricious regulators or its own bad management?
By Kristina Dell | March 26, 2009
You Can Do It!
Will the motivational merch industry survive the downturn?
By Megan Hustad | February 22, 2009
Saab Story
How GM slowly killed one of the coolest luxury car brands.
By Matthew DeBord | February 9, 2009
The Long, Slow, Torturous Death of Zima
Fourteen years after its heyday, Zima is finally at peace.
By Brendan I. Koerner | December 1, 2008
Does Gluttony Pay?
The tricky strategy of all-you-can-eat.
By Martha C. White | November 28, 2008
Day Trade Believers
Volatility be damned—a '90s icon makes a risky comeback.
By David Ian Miller | November 25, 2008
