Illegal python skins feed hunger for fashionable handbags and shoes

Python farms could be the antidote to the $1bn-a-year black market in these fashionable and expensive skins

Fashion loves the look of fast food right now – but doesn’t want to eat it

Burgers and chocolate bars appear to be the height of chic, with designers queuing up to make insanely expensive versions of products that are too common for them to eat

Chanel and Mulberry bag prices have soared – but why?

Designer fashion prices are aimed at the phenomenally wealthy from Russia, China and the Middle East. Just walk away if you feel ripped off

London is the billionaire’s preferred European residence – study

The combined fortune of the ultra-wealthy has doubled since 2009, and their property portfolio typically includes a £22m London home

Mulberry chief executive steps down in wake of profits warning

Bruno Guillon leaves luxury handbag maker after attempt to move upmarket by raising prices causes shares to tumble

Why it’s vital the organic food industry is given room to grow

Take it from this mung bean-munching Guardianista – organics could solve many of the UK’s problems with food poverty and how we eat