Search results for: “luxury retail”
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Rio Olympics set the pace for spring/summer 2016 fashion
As labels limber up their athletic designs on the catwalks, style watchers tip Olympic-themed looks to be next year’s big winners
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On tiny Fair Isle, a cottage industry enjoys the sweet smell of success
The Shetland island’s knitwear designers are quietly pleased at the attention they won when Chanel was obliged to say sorry for copying their designs
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Bicester Village: top UK tourist attraction and shopping Shangri-la
Bargains, glamour and its own railway station – no wonder Bicester is one of Britain’s top tourist attractions, says Eva Wiseman
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The ideal shopping experience: can technology deliver?
Virtual-reality shops, magic dressing room mirrors, 3D printing … the choice for consumers is huge, but can technology alone create a retail Utopia?
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From baroque to bling: how France became king of high style
In early modern Europe, as political power shifted, one country became a leader in luxury. Now the V&A’s new galleries reveal how, through conflict and colonialism, France gained its artistic supremacy
