It has now decided to buy Whole Foods Market, a premium chain for Americans who can afford fancy cheese and fish.
What Wong and Penner found is that being considered attractive enough to command a wage premium at work doesn't necessarily require perfect bone structure.
The P9, launched last year, was Huawei's first premium handset to break the sales mark of 10m units.
Chinese telecom technology firm Huawei last Tuesday launched its premium Huawei P10 smartphone in Kenya as it continues its aggressive push for an increased stake in the local smartphone market.
Several Chinese importers told the Financial Times they were keen to start buying premium grain-fed US beef as soon as possible.
Chinese on-demand mobility giant Didi Chuxing announced last Monday that vehicles in its premium ride-hailing services will be equipped with child safety seats.
Chinese technocrats have pushed companies to develop "national champion" brands and capture premium margins in fields ranging from autos to cosmetics.
"It's viewed as something quite premium and healthy," said Joey Wat, Yum China's chief operations officer.
In 2016, a pair of premium Hokkaido cantaloupe sold for a record $27,240 (3 million yen).
The most premium chocolate is made in Connecticut.
Under the dynamic fare system, the surcharge of Didi Express will be controlled within 29 yuan per ride and the premium price is to be no more than 50% of the standard fare.
Psychologists call it the "beauty premium.
The Premium Friday campaign, which launched this week, is calling on workers to leave the office at 3pm once a month, and spend time with family, dine out or go shopping, according to Japan Times.
There are at least four ways in which customers can respond to higher gas prices: downgrade from premium to regular; take fewer trips by car, consolidate errands, switch to public transportation; take the same number of trips but reduce the miles driven per trip by, for example, vacationing closer to home; drive more economically and less aggressively to improve miles per gallon; and buy a specific dollar amount of gas rather than filling up every time, even though this may mean more visits to t
Foresea quickly scaled the premium rankings of China's life insurance industry by selling so-called "universal insurance" products, which are essentially wealth management vehicles with a small protection component.
Despite the low percentage of sales, Apple has almost half of the market for premium phones, which start at around $450 an item, and its sales are growing fast.
"China is emerging as the world's largest market for premium filmed entertainment and we see enormous value in placing the Chinese market at the forefront of our global strategy," Mr Lerner and Mr Short said.
The new premium employers should pay for employees will be the sum of the two insurance premiums.
City'super representatives also added that the supermarket was merely trying to offer "more choices of premium fresh produce to Hong Kong customers", and that the Kotoka strawberries were intended as special Valentine's Day Gifts.
Apple captured 10th position in the smartphone rankings during fourth quarter of 2016 but led the premium segment (above $450) with 62 percent market share.
