The strong demand for luxury goods and services in the U.S. during the past two to three years has largely come to an end as conspicuous consumption seems to be out of favor with affluent households, ...

A few years ago, Bill Cosby set off a firestorm with a speech excoriating his fellow African-Americans for, among other things, buying $500 sneakers instead of educational toys for their children. In ...

Buckle up, everyone; this post is going to be a long one. Today, I wanted to discuss the matter of conspicuous consumption: the art of spending relatively large sums of money on luxury goods. When you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tapestry—the parent company of Coach—said Gen Z now accounts for roughly 35% of its new customers. (Edward Berthelot/Getty Images) ...

When George W. Bush took office in January 2001, the economy was producing roughly $10 trillion worth of output annually. This year, it looks like production will be in the neighborhood of $13.5 ...

It’s back-to-school time and another shopping holiday is upon us. It may not be a coincidence, but Aug. 1 was this year’s Earth Overshoot Day — the day when we (all of humanity) have used more from ...

How much is digital privacy worth to you? I’m going to go out on a limb and bet that if you had to put a price tag on your privacy—as in, how many actual dollars you’d be willing to part with in order ...