Christopher Bailey: from Burberry chief executive to chief hatchet man
Fashion brand’s profit fall prompts bolder thinking from Bailey, who could use a retail specialist to help him turn things around
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House prices fall in London’s luxury postcodes
Oil price, stamp duty and Brexit fears cause drop in areas such as Notting Hill and Hampstead but market rises elsewhere
The hands behind the heritage: inside the Burberry factory in Yorkshire
At the luxury brand’s Castleford factory women make light work of stitching 5,000 trenchcoats a week, each selling for £1,100
Gold demand soars 21% in strongest first quarter on record
Negative interest rates and global uncertainty are likely to boost demand further, says World Gold Council
Disney pins its merchandise designs on an adult audience
Animation giant is raiding its archives to help designers build fashion lines based on its fabled characters and stories, from £3,000 Cinderella slippers to Captain America outfits
£1.5m Battersea power station apartments held back from market
Downturn at top end prompts developers to withhold from sale 150 flats designed by Frank Gehry and Norman Foster