"We realized there's another leg to this story, " Mr. Hayne says, referring to the spending potential of well-heeled women whose children are grown.

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Amid the astonishing bustle in this ancient metropolis, where well-heeled bottle-blondes with cigarettes, headscarved women and mustachioed men holding worry beads weave through winding streets choked with traffic, that is clear.

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