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...High street rival Marks and Spencer has been closing dozens of unwanted stores to prioritise new branches in more profitable locations....
...The works, collected by the late Rotterdam shipping magnate Willem Cordia and his wife, Marijke Cordia-van der Laan, span the 19th century — such as Edgar Degas’s “Le petit déjeuner après le bain” (c1894...
...L’Objet, meanwhile, has taken modern marquetry to the next level with its Edgar collection, which features a design with a triangle of burr dyed striking blue – “accentuating the preciousness of the wood...
...Marks and Spencer, which for years epitomised the struggles of the British high street, rejoined the FTSE 100 index last year as sales and profits bounced back strongly....
...Her running total puts sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips at $13.6bn, up 12 per cent from last year and already above the previous high of $13.2bn for the full year 2014....
...But Jess Phillips, a shadow Labour minister, said it was “shocking” that the Conservative party had not withdrawn the whip....
...Robert Tibbles, a London-based bond trader and early collector of Young British Artists, is rethinking life — including his collection of about 30 works, which he is selling through Phillips during the February...
...Others such as Inditex, Marks and Spencer and Tommy Hilfiger-owner Phillips-Van Heusen have since pledged support for their supply chains. But some retailers have been accused of acting too slowly....
...Alison McGovern, the Labour MP for Wirral South, asked Ms Spencer if she had been in direct contact with Phillip Hammond, the chancellor, regarding the gender pay gap. She said she had not....
...Mark Spencer, chief whip, last night confirmed to the rebels that they were having the whip removed, meaning that Mr Johnson now runs a chronically unstable minority government....
...Born in Dublin in 1935, Arthur Ryan started his career as a tie buyer for the now defunct department store Swan & Edgar in London....
...Research by executive recruitment company Spencer Stuart recently revealed that, in the FTSE 100, the proportion of women on executive committees was 18.6 per cent this year, compared with 19.4 per cent...
...Mr James left after six years at the helm for Boots, the pharmacy chain owned by the US group Walgreens, while Mr Singer decided to join the clothing, food and homewares group Marks and Spencer after more...
...Mr James left after six years at the helm for Boots, the pharmacy chain owned by the US group Walgreens, while Mr Singer joined Marks and Spencer after more than a decade with Dixons....
...The previous record for a wristwatch was $11m, paid at Phillips in Geneva last year for a Patek Philippe Reference 1518....
...Robin Phillips, Mr Westerman’s co-head, will now be sole head of the division....
...His replacement was Jon Knight, who used to run Oliver’s international operation and is a former Marks and Spencer executive....
...BP agreed to pay $1.3bn in December to buy 527 Australian filling stations and convenience stores from Woolworths, and it is expanding a food retailing partnership with Marks & Spencer in the UK....
...Phillips, 30 Berkeley Square, W1 (020-7318 4010; phillips.com)....
...David Potts, who took over from Mr Phillips last March, described the revised deal as a “move towards achieving capital light, profitable growth online”....
...For tickets go to npg.org.uk Katy Grannan will be in conversation with Phillip Prodger, Head of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, at Somerset House, May 19, at 4:00pm Katy Grannan is represented...
...Spencer Lake, head of capital financing, is shifting to a vice-chairman role in the investment bank to focus on “group strategic initiatives” such as the globalisation of the renminbi and growth of green...
...A Sunday night auction at Phillips had fallen short of the $64.4m-$93.7m estimate, coming in at $56m....
...At the launch of the cross-party movement in London, its chairman Lord Rose, a Conservative peer and former Marks and Spencer chief executive, will rebut claims by anti-EU campaigners that it would be the...
...Jenny Halpern, Halpern founder Jude Kelly, artistic director for the Southbank Centre Caroline Lucas, Green party MP for Brighton Peter Mandelson, Labour peer and former business secretary Trevor Phillips...
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