Sentences with phrase «as luxuries for»

Thus, access to nutritious food must not be viewed as a luxury for the wealthy, but instead a fundamental right for all.

«School leaders need to make a commitment to ensuring that every student has access to the arts, not as an extra enhancement when there is time, not as a luxury for the privileged, but as an essential part of well - rounded education.»

These devices are sold both as utility as well as a luxury for the lovers of reading.

Not exact matches

In China, dealerships known as «4S stores» (for «service, spare parts, sale, and survey») largely corner the market for popular luxury brands like BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Mercedes - Benz.

Despite this, he owns one, which he christened The Indefensible as partial penance for the incongruous luxury.

Conceived as the first all - suite hotel in the U.S., it has been a refuge for generations of rock»n' rollers, actors, comedians, filmmakers, supermodels and moguls, a monument to luxury and casual elegance.

The Korea Customs Service is investigating allegations of smuggling and tariff evasion following claims that the family bought luxury goods abroad and avoided paying duties on them by portraying the imported items as supplies for Korean Air aircraft.

It was a brash move for an exploration and production firm to tack on a high - end jewel retail arm, but it made perfect sense to the pragmatic Gannicott, who liked the efficiencies of operating in what he described then as «the two bookends of the diamond pipeline: mining and retail,» and who also saw the brand's prestige as having great potential in such emerging luxury markets as China.

Safety boot manufacturer Footwear Industries has been given the luxury of picking and choosing Australian distributors as demand for its Steel Blue brand increases.

He positioned it as a marketplace for higher - quality clothing, food, and electronics, with a focus on luxury brands.

With revenues from the band's winery, golf course, luxury hotel and other ventures as collateral, it can now issue bonds just like municipal, provincial or federal governments — a first in Canada for a native band.

For luxury brands, whose sales are often offline or in - store, tracking website conversions can be as difficult as choosing a present that your spouse actually likes (when luxury cars are not an option, of course).

Aurora Station, billed as the «first luxury hotel in space,» may be for you.

The luxury bracelet - made from materials including watersnake skin, pearls from China and Madagascan lapis stones - acts as a subtle personal assistant of sorts: alerting of pre-selected incoming calls, recommending restaurants nearby, and even notifying the owner when it's time to leave an event for the next appointment based on travel time.

Dental hygiene Unfortunately for dentists — and happily for thousands of anti-dentites — in a bad economy, a visit to the dentist's chair is likely to be written off as a luxury.

Luxury living among the high - rise set is going to the dogs as builders are finding a huge demand for innovative spaces for animal lovers.

They paved the way for companies such as professional - services marketplace Thumbtack and luxury - brand consignment site The RealReal — and ultimately for the vertical disruption currently under way.

When someone uses the car as a shorthand for luxury, it helps the brand, he said.

At the heart of the brand's success is Amoruso's drive to satisfy the «crazy, freakishly loyal» community that clamors for Nasty Gal's ultra-affordable, young - skewing new merchandise, which is curated from an array of up - and - coming designers, as well as vintage items from luxury brands.

For Simon Humphries, who as of this year oversees design globally across Toyota Motor's namesake and luxury Lexus brands, mobility will follow two divergent paths.

In New York, San Francisco and other thriving cities, brokers are reporting sharply rising demand for luxury rentals, as affluent people who could afford to own decide there's no cachet anymore in being a homeowner, and lots of risk.

Bain & Co. argues that Asia, where sales have remained relatively strong, may overtake Europe and North America as the world's largest market for luxury goods.

In their quest to create maximum value, Jad Toubayly and Easa Al Gurg have constructed Idealz as a platform that allows its customers (registered members) to purchase an item of clothing or stationery, which also gets them a complimentary ticket into a lucky draw for a luxury prize.

Champagne and caviar at 40,000 as you make your way to Paris for dessert is old school luxury air travel at its finest.

More and more utilities charge customers for paper bills, treating a once basic service as a value - added luxury.

In her new role as COO, Johnson assumes oversight of the company's new organizational structure, which is divided into four business units: Homes; «Lux,» its luxury business; Trips, the platform for bookable «Experiences» launched in late 2016; and China.

«With substantial disposable incomes and often limited family responsibilities, these financially well - off young adults have contributed to new demand for luxury apartments and urban services such as restaurants and bars.»

It's a metaphor for what Kia, a company associated with affordability, is trying to do to consumers» perception of the brand as it expands into the luxury market.

April 2 - Tesla Inc shares slumped 5 percent on Monday as investors awaited production numbers for the closely watched Model 3, a cheaper vehicle that analysts see as crucial to the luxury electric automaker's long - term profitability.

Jarrett Walker, a prominent public transit advocate and consultant, entered the fray by describing Musk's disdain for public transit as «a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford,» and accusing him, in essence, of attempting to impose his phobia of strangers on everyone.

The pet products industry is on the rise as pet owners look for healthy and luxury items for their pets.

As incomes rise, so too does demand for durables, luxury goods, vehicles, air travel, energy and more.

Like most people, they're also hoping to not overspend, «getting the best bang for their buck,» as noted by Calgary luxury real estate agent Daren Gull.

In September, after a lengthy investigation by staffers at the Senate Judiciary Committee, chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) blasted the service for using forfeiture funds to pay for perks and luxury items such as «high - end granite countertops and expensive custom artwork,» much of it installed, appropriately enough, at a new Asset Forfeiture Academy in Houston.

Colleen Kane is a writer for CNBC.com covering luxury and unusual real estate as well as travel and other topics.

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«Some people have talked about marriage as a luxury good,» said Susan Brown, a sociology professor at Bowling Green State University and co-director of the National Center for Family and Marriage Research.

For one, as a 2011 report from Global Industry Analysts noted, «Luxury watches remains the largest segment in the global watches market.»

It's a luxury request that My Stewards will happily accommodate, but Christina Sutherland notes that she has her eye on the middle rung of Toronto's concierge market, catering to those who are looking for higher - end, personal services — as opposed to one - off hires from Kijiji — but at a more «affordable» rate.

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Coach and other affordable luxury brands such as Michael Kors took a hit after they expanded their retail presence too quickly, diluting the exclusivity that once led shoppers to line up for the next hot handbag.

As my colleague Jim Edwards pointed out recently, the West's impression of the crackdown has been largely limited to seeing falling earnings for luxury companies that sell goods in China.

That could be bad news for luxury goods, which have been a bright spot, as high - income consumers tend to spend less in a down market, and may more guarded about their spending in this climate.

PARIS, Feb 8 - Strong demand in Asia for L'Oreal's luxury cosmetics like Lancome fuelled sales growth in the fourth quarter, as the world's biggest beauty products maker faces more muted appetite for its mass market labels, especially in the United States.

But as I found after interviewing more than 160 entrepreneurs for my 2012 book Hungry Start - up Strategy, entrepreneurs don't have the luxury of time for this type of strategy because they could easily burn through their remaining cash in the months it would take to get this process started.

Beijing has been pushing for greater domestic spending, cracking down on shopping agents known as «daigou» bringing products into China from overseas, and cutting high tax rates on imported luxury goods sold in the country.

Though the ARK is intended to act as a quarantine and boarding facility, it's actually going to be a sort of luxury hotel for animals.

Look for luxury home sales to suffer a mild slump as homebuyers look for more affordable options because of higher rates.

For example, children's services — always a strong category — had segments that shrank (luxuries such as after - school enrichment programs), while other segments were as healthy as ever, including tutoring and child care.

Upstart Japanese luxury brands (such as Lexus and Infiniti) were making inroads into the European marketplace, causing headaches for stodgy U.S. - based giants operating on the continent.