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Luxury shoemaker Tod's chief executive Diego Della Valle

©Reuters From RETAIL & CONSUMER Mar 14, 2013

Italian luxury brands post strong growth

Tod’s and Brunello Cucinelli see success in international markets

Vanessa Friedman Tod’s names Alessandra Facchinetti creative director
Tod’s puts Colosseum agreement on hold

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Gulf: Ferrari credit card

First Gulf Bank – an Abu Dhabi bank – has launched the first Ferrari credit card

A Rolls Royce for India

Rolls Royce Motors is planning to release new models this year especially tailored to the Indian market.

Morgan Stanley’s $1bn Moscow shopping mall

With European stores looking empty, commercial real estate investors have turned to Russia where shoppers are still out in force.

From LEX Mar 13, 2013

Inditex: in and out of fashion

Creases begin to appear in world’s largest clothes retailer

Inditex expansion sustains profit growth
Profile Amancio Ortega

©Getty From WORLD Mar 13, 2013

Qatar lined up for £10bn UK projects fund

Middle Eastern state eyes road, rail and energy developments

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Order for 1m smartphones boosts BlackBerry

Shares up on largest single order in Canadian group’s history

©PA From RETAIL & CONSUMER Mar 12, 2013

Africa’s wealthy revel in luxury labels

Continent’s growing middle class find few local shops for sprees

Lex Mar 12, 2013

Blackberry: survival and the Z10

Time to gain customers on products’ merits

Obituary

Chief Executive Officer of the Swiss company Rolex Watches, Patrick Heiniger smiles after being made Head of Arts and Letters by French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres (not pictured) during a ceremony 27 January 2005, in Paris

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Patrick Heiniger, former Rolex chief executive, has died aged 62 in Monaco after an unspecified illness

Suits and the City

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An inside look at what the fashion industry wore to the shows during New York Fashion Week

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Mar 13, 2013

Inditex expansion sustains profit growth

Fast fashion group’s store count passes 6,000

Lex Inditex
Profile Amancio Ortega

From WORLD Mar 11, 2013

Top executives join France exodus

Tough outlook facing Hollande underlined by new output figures

From COMMENT Mar 11, 2013

The shock news that made gold price soar

Central banks boosted the bullion market by limiting their sales of the metal

Analysis High vaultage
China opens way to keep Zhou at PBoC

From SPECIAL REPORTS Mar 11, 2013

Dubai spotlight: Investors find real estate runes hard to read

Camilla Hall reports on the emirate’s rollercoaster property market

Overview Time arrives for different finance mix
Regulation Higher capital requirements raise cost of lending

Power dressing: Jeff Klein

The proprietor of the JK Hotel Group on being straightforward when it comes to his wardrobe

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From SPECIAL REPORTS Mar 11, 2013

Secondary meltdown: Prime assets stay central to demand

Recovery in peripheral markets is a long way off, writes Ed Hammond

From MARKETS Mar 10, 2013

NYSE short sellers bet against Tiffany

Short interest in jeweller up 10% in a week

From COMMENT Mar 10, 2013

Africa calling

The continent is attracting investors eager to take advantage of a flourishing market

The Monday Interview from MANAGEMENT Mar 10, 2013

In search of the right note

Yamaha’s president explains why playing guitar will just have to wait until retirement

Vanessa Friedman from LIFE & ARTS Mar 8, 2013

Black and white

Key trends for autumn/winter 2013, straight from the runways

From LIFE & ARTS Mar 8, 2013

Costume drama

The Metropolitan Museum boldly juxtaposes couture and art in its latest show

From LIFE & ARTS Mar 8, 2013

The editor’s eye

Magazine staff make the leap from style watchers to fashion designers

From LIFE & ARTS Mar 8, 2013

Tanzanian shopping safari

In Arusha, a chock full of promising small shops

From LIFE & ARTS Mar 8, 2013

Snip, tuck

The fashion designers who are changing the way garments are made

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Mar 7, 2013

Reebok charge dents growth at Adidas

Sports goods maker falls into loss for quarter

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Lex’s Nikki Tait and Oliver Ralph consider whether it’s time for PPR to give Puma the boot

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Highlights

Tod’s and Brunello Cucinelli see success in international markets

Creases begin to appear in world’s largest clothes retailer

Middle Eastern state eyes road, rail and energy developments

Shares up on largest single order in Canadian group’s history

Continent’s growing middle class find few local shops for sprees

Time to gain customers on products’ merits

Fast fashion group’s store count passes 6,000

Tough outlook facing Hollande underlined by new output figures

Central banks boosted the bullion market by limiting their sales of the metal

Camilla Hall reports on the emirate’s rollercoaster property market

Recovery in peripheral markets is a long way off, writes Ed Hammond

Short interest in jeweller up 10% in a week

The continent is attracting investors eager to take advantage of a flourishing market

Yamaha’s president explains why playing guitar will just have to wait until retirement

Key trends for autumn/winter 2013, straight from the runways

The Metropolitan Museum boldly juxtaposes couture and art in its latest show

Magazine staff make the leap from style watchers to fashion designers

In Arusha, a chock full of promising small shops

The fashion designers who are changing the way garments are made

Sports goods maker falls into loss for quarter

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