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Motoring: Showtime for the classics

23.09.11
There's plenty in store from three centuries of driving at the Regent Street Motor Show... more

City Spy: Forever 21's cash gets HMV to shift

29.07.11
There is clearly big money in cheap frocks. US retailer fashion retailer Forever 21, which opened this week on Oxford Street, was deeply keen to oust HMV from its pitch opposite Bond Street Tube... more

Takeover chatter says Cartier owner wants Tiffany's for breakfast

07.06.11
The big rumour in the City today was that Tiffany & Co - the US jeweller as famous for its little blue boxes as the sparkling gems inside - is in the sights of Cartier owner Richemont... more

David Beckham's favourite store moves into Regent Street

26.05.11
Regent Street to undergo its biggest shake-up in decades as fashion retailer Superdry prepares to move into the building currently occupied by Austin Reed and Burberry announces it will open a new store... more

Nice start for Ed Miliband, shame about the slogan

13.10.10
Ed sat in his new front bench throne as urbane as you can get in an Austin Reed suit, revolving his thumbs first clockwise, then anticlockwise as he waited for his initiation at the virility test of Prime Minister’s Questions... more

How Mother tried to save me from Rachel Johnson

01.10.10
I don’t recall Rachel Johnson having penis envy when I was her boyfriend. Might explain why I fell by the wayside... more

Asda to sell ‘Savile Row’ suit by Charlie Allen for £79

02.09.10
Asda is launching a budget-priced formal clothing range by bespoke tailor Charlie Allen whose hand-made creations normally start at £1,500... more

Ocado’s shares keep falling in worst flotation for 13 years

22.07.10
Shares in Ocado tumble a further 4%, making it even less likely that retail investors will buy into what has been the worst stock market flotation since 1997... more

Shoppers spend £200m in a single day

07.12.09
Shoppers defied the recession and spent £200million in the West End on Saturday, according to figures released... more

West End streets go traffic-free for Christmas market

30.11.09
West End bosses hope to lure shoppers into central London this weekend with a street "Christmas market"... more

The women who built Brand Cameron

08.10.09
Dusty pinstripes and car coats are no more. The new Tory image has been crafted by experts... more

The City woman's rules on dressing for success

06.10.09
Britt Lintner, hedge fund manager and bespoke clothes designer, knows exactly what to wear to the office. That's why she donates her spare clothes to help women look the part at job interviews... more

Interview: Rag trade veteran whose aim is to spruce up Aquascutum

09.09.09
Jaeger owner Harold Tillman is chairing London Fashion Week, which starts next Friday, but has still found time to snap up Aquascutum ... more

Asos defies the gloom with 107% leap in sales

17.11.08
Retail: Online retailer Asos is still defying the credit crunch as its young and mortgage-free customers continue to shop with abandon... more

Curb bus congestion in West End, plead bosses

20.10.08
Business leaders in the West End are demanding a swift end to rising congestion caused by buses... more

Bargains for shoppers, dire outlook for shops

14.10.08
Almost half of the stores on London's main shopping street are offering discounts of up to 70 per cent to keep customers spending... more

Retail

08.10.08
These are the people who will steer London’s vital retail world through what looks like difficult trading ahead ... more

Networker who brings a touch of class to the catwalk

13.02.08
It's London Fashion Week, and Jaeger boss Harold Tillman - the new man at the helm - is under fire but keeping his cool over size zero models ... more

Fair prices for modern art

15.01.08
The London Art Fair begins its third decade as Britain's biggest showcase of modern and contemporary art this week.... more

London poster collection set to sell for £100,000

23.04.07
A unique private collection of Art Deco posters from the Twenties and Thirties that promote London's tourist attractions is to be sold at auction.... more


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