Prada’s €1.25bn Versace takeover: a new era for Italian luxury
Prada has secured Versace at a €200m discount amid market turmoil, uniting two Italian fashion powerhouses Prada has agreed to buy the Versace fashion brand...
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Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind provocative Benetton ads, dies aged 83
Tributes paid to Italian known for images that drew attention to social themes including HIV/Aids and racism Tributes have been paid to Oliviero Toscani, the...
UK clothing sales to EU plummet as Brexit red tape deters exporters
Small and medium-sized firms badly hit as huge drop in apparel sales helps fuel 18% slide in all-non food exports UK exports of clothing and...
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’
Exclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests More than...
UK farmers vow to mount more blockades over cheap post-Brexit imports
Inspired by French action, British campaigners say they will continue slow tractor protests after Dover roads were blocked Farmers say there will be further French-style...
Pint of wine anyone? UK looks to bring back ‘silly measure’
Winemakers question plan as government champions Brexit ‘freedom’ to allow old-fashioned size The poet Robert Burns imagined a man toasting his lover with a “pint...
B&Q owner issues another profit warning after weak sales in France
UK business lifted by ‘improve not move’ trend and interior design videos on TikTok The owner of B&Q and Screwfix issued its second profit warning...
Heineken’s UK summer beer sales dampened by higher prices and poor weather
Worldwide sales volumes dipped 4.2% as prices rose 9.5%, leading to 2% increase in sales to €9.6bn Heineken sold less beer in the UK during...
More fruit and veg shortages to come as weather in UK and Spain hits crops
Record heat in southern Europe and chilly start to British growing season spell more misery for shoppers Shoppers have been warned they face more fruit...
Abusive working conditions endemic in Spain’s strawberry farms, report claims
UK supermarkets heavily reliant on strawberries from southern Spain, where workers allege they are regularly underpaid, have passports withheld and are forced to live in...
