Lanvin fashion house appoints second artistic director in two years
Appointment of ‘e-couture’ expert viewed as an attempt to relaunch historic fashion house for a digital audience following Bouchra Jarrar’s exit
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Electric cars to account for all new vehicle sales in Europe by 2035
Falling battery costs to drive sales but European carmakers will lose out to rivals in the US and Asia, forecasts Dutch bank
Burberry drops plans to redevelop Leeds mill despite pick-up in sales
Luxury brand insists it is committed to city, where it is moving 300 head office jobs, as it also delays decision on new factory
Taylor Swift swan frolic prompts huge expansion in sales of inflatables
Demand for designer pool accessories – from doughnuts to unicorns – soars as shoppers splash out on social media props
Forget Alexa, Amazon’s next big product is … wine
World’s largest retailer moves from tech products to its own wine, to revive the ‘direct connection between wine-maker and customer’
High living, low sales: Shard apartments still empty, five years on
Luxury flats with a price tag of up to £50m were touted as an easy sell – yet have failed to shift as the London market slows