Christmas taste test: cheese and chocolate

Potted stilton, salted caramels and festive boxes of chocs – it wouldn’t be Christmas without them. Andi Oliver rates the classics

The season to gift beauty: From exclusive beauty advent calendars to exclusive sets

    This is a next-generation Christmas, an interplay of old and new! This Christmas Beauty, Selfridges is exploring a colour-saturated vision of the future. Selfridges rethinks traditional, beloved festive stories and re-tells tales as old as time, but through a modern lens. Product drops in as if by magic in unexpected galactic colourways and editions … Read more

This is the first time a high-end department store permanently accommodates such a facility

  Selfridges announces the opening of a permanent cinema destination in its Oxford Street store at the end of November this year. Selfridges is launching its own Cinema at Selfridges within London Oxford Street store. This will be the first time a department store anywhere in the world is to permanently accommodate such a facility. … Read more

3 reasons why luxury brands should embrace the resale market

Resale market is a boost rather than a threat for luxury industry. Survey. Here is why Luxury Brands Should Celebrate the Pre-Owned Boom According to a new report, resale is a recruiting mechanism for luxury brands with second hand being a great way to boost sustainability. Second-hand sellers are predominantly first-hand buyers, says “Why Luxury … Read more

From quinoa bars to salmon skin chips: what’s behind the snacking revolution?

Forget breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the space of a generation, Brits have tripled their consumption of snacks – and the options are endless

In the flesh: how beauty is luring customers back to the high street

The beauty industry is fighting back against the mass exodus to online retailers – with the kind of exclusivity that can only be experienced in-store