London fashion week: Erdem’s collection has wow factor in spades
Having the mass consumer in his sights with H&M has not prompted a dumbing down from the London-based designer
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UK perfume shops hope new Chanel fragrance can mask foul sales
Hype has been building around Chanel’s Gabrielle, the label’s first new perfume for 15 years, which launches this weekend
Chanel owners pay themselves $3.4bn dividend – four times company’s net profit
Despite fall in revenues and profits last year, Alain and Gérard Wertheimer took double dividend they received in 2015
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’