Sentences with phrase «upmarket brands»

The Asian hotels market is booming, so upmarket brands — from sectors such as motoring and fashion — are seeking to capitalise on their cachet.

As with most upmarket brands, the 1 Series comes with an exhaustive options list and it would be easy to get carried away, adding lots of pricey extras when ordering.

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP -6 % The VW Group's upmarket brands all defied the downturn, but not so the mainstay Volkswagen division.

A range of petrol - hybrid powertrains is likely though, in common with other Lexus and Toyota models — to date, the upmarket brand has only offered one diesel model in the UK, in the second - generation Lexus IS.

The LF - LC will be unveiled at next week's 2012 Detroit motor show, and as well as previewing a new styling direction (dubbed L - Finesse) for Toyota's upmarket brand, it gives us a taster of what a new sub-LFA model could look like.

David Booth: It's been 15 years since we've seen Lincoln's Continental and even longer since we've seen a serious luxury sedan from Ford's upmarket brand.

With the upcoming introduction of the Genesis, Hyundai execs are now trying to decide if they need an individual upmarket brand to sell more expensive vehicles to buyers of German and Japanese luxury cars.

The Yukon debuted the upmarket brand in 1999, and about 45 percent of its volume are Denalis.

Not exact matches

Since its failed effort to go upmarket under ex-CEO Johnson in 2012 and 2013, Penney has been fixing its business by bringing back popular in - house brands like St. John's Bay that offer higher profit margins, fixing its e-commerce business, and tweaking its homes goods selection.

It was the toast of the auto - show circuit and a clear play on Kia's part to redefine the brand with a classic «halo» car — in this case, a rear - wheel - drive, go - fast machine with a game - changing exterior design and an inviting price tag, relative to the upmarket competition.

Yum Brands Inc's (YUM.N) Taco Bell will begin testing an expanded, more upmarket menu that focuses on fresh ingredients — think Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG.N) on a budget — on January 26 in Louisville, Kentucky, and Bakersfield, California.

While it still operates a substantial cask wine business and many of its brands are in the «commercial» wine segment, it has also moved further upmarket with acquisitions such as the Grant Burge Wines purchase in late 2014.

Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates is starting an upmarket French wine portfolio with a new brand mainly targeted at the China market, which it claims will be a «disrupter» as it pushes to lift profit margins higher.

While it still operates a substantial cask wine business and many of its brands are in the «commercial» wine segment, it has moved further upmarket with acquisitions such as the Grant Burge Wines purchase in late 2014.

Treasury Wine Estates has a unicorn front and centre in its new upmarket French wine brand which is being built from scratch.

Woolworths launched the Gold brand late last year after spotting a gap in the market because of a dearth of upmarket products from major food and grocery suppliers.

I recently answered a survey to a large upmarket women's clothing brand here in Australia, I spend a lot of money on their brand each year.

Pyrex Vision, which Abloh says he voluntarily shuttered in 2013, laid the groundwork for his next project: Off - White, a brand launched in September of the same year that blended a streetwear aesthetic with a more upmarket positioning.

But this Arteon follow - up to it, unveiled at the 2017 Geneva auto show, might be the car to achieve VW's dream of moving upmarket with the ultimate economy brand.

Newly arrived in the Kia lineup for 2014, the Cadenza might be part of the brand's over-eager attempt to push itself upmarket, but after living with one for 12 months and 20,650 miles, we found the car to be so well - executed and just downright pleasant that we couldn't help but like it.

Maybe the car would carry branding from Lexus instead, which would move it upmarket.

With the 2018 redesign, Buick also is trying to inch a little closer to luxury with the introduction of a new upmarket Avenir version of the Enclave that it hopes can clone the success sister brand GMC has had with more premium Denali versions of its vehicles.

The automaker has aggressive plans for MEB, promising to turn out 50 new BEVs by 2025 for the Volkswagen Group's entire portfolio of brands, including upmarket Audi and Porsche.

A radical departure for the British sports car maker sees it move upmarket, and the three products in this gallery will spearhead the rebirth of one of our favourite brands.

Like Mini — or Volvo, which has moved steadily upmarket during the last three decades — Citroen can re-launch here as a premium brand commanding relatively high margins at low sales volumes and be successful.

Heading to market next spring, it is part of a plan to move the brand upmarket where profit margins are heftier.

Now that the C - Class doesn't have to be Mercedes - Benz's entry - level model on our shores, the brand can afford to move this model slightly upmarket.

As a brand, my opinion is that Subaru is heading a bit too far upmarket.

Volkswagen has revealed the Sport Coupe Concept GTE at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, which is a sleek four - door coupe that previews a new model that could take the brand further upmarket.

The C - Class was the junior Mercedes in 1993 when it first arrived, but the A-Class followed soon after as the German brand pushed deeper into the mainstream and an expanding A-Class range has pushed the C - Class further upmarket.

The Mokka X aims to rival premium - brand crossovers for quality and upmarket appeal inside and does a decent job.

The complete redesign will reposition the brand's priciest SUV further upmarket, while also bringing new tech and a new corporate face to the model that kicked off Volkswagen's SUV lineup over a decade ago.

In an effort to boost the DS brand's identity - PSA's luxury car wing - the firm has pulled out all the stops for its first upmarket SUV.

One that edges pretty close to its upmarket Lexus brand.

Toyota is more a mid-market brand than Acura, but it's taking the models upmarket with better interior trim, ventilated seats, much as it did previously with the full - size Avalon sedan.

Today, the system is standard on the TT, R8 supercar and most of Audi's upmarket and RS - branded performance models.

We'll leave you to decide whether you like the look of the upmarket Hyundai brand's latest model.

Apparently, the success of its upmarket utelet has led Land Rover to think that brand cohesion requires ditching the Range Rover's 42 - year - old snub nose for something a bit more rakish, as seen in these leaked images of the 2013 flagship.

This is a calculated step by Kia to go upmarket against some very strong, established competition and while the Stinger's design has been attractively resolved, the car's performance promises to elevate Kia's brand.

Taking on a four - door coupe style, it's tasked with livening up Kia's international image and pushing the brand further upmarket.

With Land Rover moving upmarket, Bradley posits there could be an opportunity for Mitsubishi to move into the vacuum it leaves behind, as the Japanese brand repositions itself as a specialist in «proper» SUVs.

Of course, the Stinger is actually a larger car than these other upmarket GT 5 - doors, and Kia understands that few buyers will cross-shop against the luxury brands.

Honda has garnered a superb reputation for build quality and reliability that's a match for anything upmarket German brands such as BMW or Mercedes can offer.

Banus has incredible shops such as Versace, Robert Cavelli, Louis Vuitton, Emporio Armani and La Perla all overlooking the impressive marina, as well as an upmarket shopping complex with top quality high street brand stores, art galleries, coffee shops, and a host of restaurants and bars.

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts Signs Sheraton Cascais Resort (Portugal)-- Starwood have issued a press release confirming that they're continuing the expansion / revamp of the Sheraton Brand with the signing of a new hotel in upmarket Cascais.

President Brand Str Flat is an Upmarket area Self - catering One bedroom Apartment situated in Despatch.

Upmarket Umhlanga apartment located within a brand new hotel complex - with 1 double bedroom and 1 bathroom (shower) unit.

The apartment is located in a prime upmarket area, right next to the famous Canal Walk Shopping Centre and surrounded by other brand - new upmarket residential and office or retail development.

Goodwin and Shearman & Sterling are leading on the sale of upmarket UK crisp maker Tyrrells to US snacks company Amplify Snack Brands, for # 300m.

Much of the brand's speaker technology found in its upmarket Avant and flagship Performance speaker ranges has filtered down to the Alumni range, and the same 25 mm aluminium dome tweeter and 75 mm Continuous Profile Cone mid / bass drivers are found throughout the models here.