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Annual Report and Accounts 2010 Richemont is one of the world’s leading luxury goods groups. The Group’s luxury goods interests encompass several of the most prestigious names in the industry, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC, Alfred Dunhill and Montblanc. Each of the Group’s Maisons® represents a proud tradition of style, quality and craftsmanship which Richemont is committed to preserving. 2 Executive Chairman and Chief Executive

6 billion in 2009, 49% of this total achieved in Europe, 27% in Asia and 24% in the rest of the world. Contrary to Vitaminiwater, Evian is an old and well implemented brand in France but also abroad. This is brand that people trust in and it is a good example of brand loyalty. How this brand has reached this level of consumer confidence and how is it become a leader of bottled water in Europe but also in the rest of the world? Which tactics and persuasive ways of communication have Danone chosen

passion: art collections, luxury autos, yachts, sports teams, memorabilia, wine collections, luxury travel and health/wellness, for example. However, allocations vary considerably from region to region, and between mature and emerging economies. Further differences emerge when allocations are studied in terms of whether they are tangible passion investments, such as art collections, or luxury expenditures, such as high-end travel, which are more experiential in nature. In 2007, luxury collectibles, accounting

side of a tourist. It was great to learn about how to deal with customers, to host them and to do all my best for them to have a nice stay. I arrived at Font –Romeu with my knowledge of languages (even in English because my business colleague was good at Spanish), I helped her answer mails or the phone with English customers, or I helped her explain to guests how the residence works. It was the first time that this Maeva received a student from Tunon, but everything was great, people were helpful

expatriates based there.3 The UAE is the highest consumer per capita of bottled water.4 The total consumption of food and food products is estimated at almost US$4 billion and in the food service market 50 percent is estimated to be food consumption in the luxury hotel industry.6With this growth the demand for imported food will continue to rise, as climate and soil conditions the UAE prevents mass farming and product production, however secondary production such as value-added processing and manufacturing

seen as a luxury product or can everyone buy some chocolate ? The chocolate consumers in India are largely the middle class and the upper class on the basis of the economic differences. On the basis of age, like anywhere in the world chocolates are most popular among children. Other consumers include individuals of almost any age group, however in my opinion the 2nd spot for the most wide consumers of chocolate will go to the age group of 16-25 years. Chocolate is not exactly seen as a luxury product

players in this niche segment. The company expanded into several countries by acquiring smaller players. In the late 1980s, the company opened large, duty-free specialty stores in a few major cities in USA and Europe. These stores were multi-department luxury retail outlets that carried a range of items including tobacco products, wines, liquor, confectionary, perfumes, jewelry, silverware, gift items, souvenirs, memorabilia, travel goods and other products. The Gulf War in 1991 severely affected international

the main city of Malaysia, is considerably cheap. The prices for three-bedrooms apartments with loads of space, or medium –sized houses are available to rent from a RM 1,600 – 3,000 (US $483-905) up to RM 6,000 – 30, 000 (US$ 1,811- 9,053) for a luxury bungalow. Locals tend to live in suburban areas, as they can purchase houses with larger area. Expatriates usually look for modern apartments in the centre of the city, as it is more convenient in distance wise and to avoid traffic jam in rush hours

pas!  |    | Last year.  | L'année dernière.  |    | The bullet hit him in the leg.  | La balle l'a frappé dans la jambe.  |    | A period of two years.  | Une période de deux ans.  |   | Is she a good singer?  | Est-ce qu'elle est une bonne chanteuse?  |    | Stretch your legs.  | Tendre tes jambes.  |    | I suppose she has left.  | Je suppose qu'elle s'en est allée.  |    | I won't go, unless you go. 

products will provide us the short term cash that we need. Our car sector need a strong cash injections to be more competitive, the market is growing and we have some advantages as a good implementation in Central Europe but our product suffer of not sufficiently innovation. The BoD wants to focus our car production in luxury vehicles being in adequacy with swatches and agricultural product.