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Analysis: 2010 will be the year of the float

20.11.09
From the London Eye to a Saga holiday and from cat and dog supermarket Pets at Home to Betfair, the second decade of the 21st century is to open with a flurry of flotations ... more

Fashion round-up

27.10.09
Expensive shoes from H&M and check out what we're loving this week... more

First out of the traps: On the Greyhound bus

16.09.09
The Greyhound bus service has just made its first run between Victoria and Southampton. Pausing only to grab his guitar, incurable road romantic Richard Godwin jumped aboard... more

A return to the days of denim

01.09.09
While it’s hard to know if hemlines are up or down at the moment, there’s one fabric you can be certain is in fashion. It’s everywhere, from coats and dresses to the staple jeans... more

Cheap lines give a boost to Matalan

15.06.09
Fashion and homeware chain Matalan today said sales were up 8.2% in the last 14 weeks as its focus on cheap goods bore fruit... more

Website bid to help catch Matalan murderers

30.10.08
Friends of an assistant store manager stabbed to death in an attempted robbery have set up a website to help find his killers... more

Fashion

02.10.08
Whether it be in Savile Row, magazines, clubs or just accessible high street fashion, the capital leads the way. These are the names that make the fashion world spin.... more

Fashion sales feel squeeze on High St but online retailers are booming

12.09.08
Analysis: As the capital gears up for London Fashion Week, the bosses of the biggest clothing chains are more likely to be found drowning their sorrows than cracking open the champagne... more

Abbey Clancy gets a super-sized surprise in her LBD on the Jonathan Ross chat show

11.09.08
They say women like taller men. But Abigail Clancy got a little more than she'd bargained for when she appeared on Jonathan Ross' chat show last night.... more

Pictured: Model Abigail Clancy turns action girl baring her fists in bizarre wrinkled trousers

07.09.08
Wearing skin-tight wrinkled trousers, model Abigail Clancy shows she's not to be messed with as she turns action girl while executing a series of air punches.... more

More stores join rent revolt

25.07.08
Retailers are queuing up to join the campaign to demand the right to pay rent monthly rather than quarterly... more

It was the Plumber with the Spaniard in the City Tup bar...

18.06.08
Paul Davidson took four years to clear his name after the FSA pilloried him. Now, he's planning a billion-pound comeback ... more

Matalan suspects caught browsing in shop on CCTV

24.04.08
Robbers suspected of murdering a Matalan store manager in Hackney were filmed casually walking around the shop moments before he was killed... more

Knifed store boss 'wanted to quit'

26.03.08
The mother of a Matalan store manager murdered after standing up to three robbers revealed today he wanted to quit his job over fears for his safety... more

Find the hoodies wanted over killing of Matalan manager

25.03.08
The family of a store manager stabbed to death when he stood up to three robbers pleaded for help today to catch them... more

Because I'm worth it

19.07.07
After she was slow-handclapped for being half an hour late, Barbra Streisand arrived to justify the sky high cost of the tickets to see her... more

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