At the only Jakarta store of French luxury shoe and bag maker Christian Louboutin, sales of the precariously high-heeled stilettos priced up to US$7,800 (RM23,400) are up 25% over the past year. Compared to women in Singapore or Hong Kong who are more likely to use public transport, Indonesia's upper crust prefer higher heels because they get around in chauffeur-driven cars, said store manager Budi Santoso.What are some new authenticguccihandbags coming out in 2009? "The ones who can afford these don't really walk."
His best customers buy 20 pairs a season and he has steady mail-order demand from areas such as the resource-rich Kalimantan region on Borneo island.
Sales are surging despite a sales tax of up to 200% on luxury goods that adds to the usual headaches of doing business in Indonesia.
French group PPR's luxury division,New bestchloehandbags at discount prices from SwissLuxury. whose brands include Gucci and Alexander McQueen,SocialPicks is tracking the performance of sexylingeries . said such concerns were preventing it from having a direct presence despite "double-digit" sales growth at its franchise stores.
If Fitria's tales from the front lines of Hermes bag obsession are any guide, luxury firms have a bright future in Indonesia.
There is the general's wife desperate to get her hands on a limited edition sky-blue "Birkin" bag. The women who book a table for six at Jakarta restaurants – three for them and three for their bags.Buy China real pradahandbags from China . And the attempt by Fitria's co-author to sweeten a Hermes saleswoman in Paris with a diamond necklace.
Spotting a gap in the market caused by long waiting lists for some Hermes bags in Jakarta, Fitria and her partner set up a thriving black market for the products through message groups on BlackBerry cell phones.
They made about US$40,000 (RM120,000) in the first six months, according to their breathlessly written book, profiting from women's willingness to pay well over the retail price to avoid a long wait for their dream bag. "Birkin" bags start at around US$5,000 (RM15,000) and go up to US$50,000 (RM150,000) for some crocodile-skin models.
The immaculately groomed Fitria,Visit the premier canadagooseparka1 in Melbourne Australia. who is also a commissioner for transport and energy firm PT Mitra Rajasa Tbk and is married to a chief executive, said the Jakarta market for Hermes bags was showing signs of saturation.
"Everyone has one."
But she saw growing demand from lower-income groups and from other regions for the status symbol.
"If you own a bag with a price tag of 100 million (rupiah) you probably have a home and a nice car. It's triggered by peer pressure," she said. – Reuters
His best customers buy 20 pairs a season and he has steady mail-order demand from areas such as the resource-rich Kalimantan region on Borneo island.
Sales are surging despite a sales tax of up to 200% on luxury goods that adds to the usual headaches of doing business in Indonesia.
French group PPR's luxury division,New bestchloehandbags at discount prices from SwissLuxury. whose brands include Gucci and Alexander McQueen,SocialPicks is tracking the performance of sexylingeries . said such concerns were preventing it from having a direct presence despite "double-digit" sales growth at its franchise stores.
If Fitria's tales from the front lines of Hermes bag obsession are any guide, luxury firms have a bright future in Indonesia.
There is the general's wife desperate to get her hands on a limited edition sky-blue "Birkin" bag. The women who book a table for six at Jakarta restaurants – three for them and three for their bags.Buy China real pradahandbags from China . And the attempt by Fitria's co-author to sweeten a Hermes saleswoman in Paris with a diamond necklace.
Spotting a gap in the market caused by long waiting lists for some Hermes bags in Jakarta, Fitria and her partner set up a thriving black market for the products through message groups on BlackBerry cell phones.
They made about US$40,000 (RM120,000) in the first six months, according to their breathlessly written book, profiting from women's willingness to pay well over the retail price to avoid a long wait for their dream bag. "Birkin" bags start at around US$5,000 (RM15,000) and go up to US$50,000 (RM150,000) for some crocodile-skin models.
The immaculately groomed Fitria,Visit the premier canadagooseparka1 in Melbourne Australia. who is also a commissioner for transport and energy firm PT Mitra Rajasa Tbk and is married to a chief executive, said the Jakarta market for Hermes bags was showing signs of saturation.
"Everyone has one."
But she saw growing demand from lower-income groups and from other regions for the status symbol.
"If you own a bag with a price tag of 100 million (rupiah) you probably have a home and a nice car. It's triggered by peer pressure," she said. – Reuters
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