People in the know always used to say the rich shopped at Dior and the smart at Jacques.
The rich shopped at costly chains such as El Palacio de Hierro ("The Iron Palace"), a store founded in 1891 to bring Parisian fashion to the posh ladies of the new world.
Business to consumer e-commerce conducted via the mechanism of web-shopping provides an expanded opportunity for companies to create a cognitively and esthetically rich shopping environment in ways not readily imitable in the nonelectronic shopping world.
A clubber? Do you like markets, antiques fairs and rich shopping areas, or are you a workaholic who wants quick and easy access to your office?
They are aided by the European Union's guarantees of free movement of capital among its 27 members, making it easy for the rich to shop across frontiers.
Growth in luxury brand outlets is slowing in Asia, as the Chinese government cracks down on conspicuous consumption and many rich residents shop abroad.
"Rich people shop at Whole Foods, really rich people build Whole Foods and really really rich people won't let your filthy Whole Foods anywhere near their pristine, septic tank-filled beach community".
When bored of bronzing, the rich go shopping.
Having attacked one of our own, we moved on, uphill, to the rich white shopping district.
Less known is that when they fly back north they molt, leaving behind bits of wardrobe and some very rich vintage shops.
