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...From the UK selection, I’d pick out Bunzl, chiefly because of my colleague Oliver Ralph’s inclusion of the packaging and distribution business in his wry analysis of the “magnificently unglamorous” seven...
...In January he wrote on Twitter that bitcoin “stands tall as the ultimate store of value”. Since, its price has fallen roughly 50 per cent this year....
...Ralph Lauren has this beautiful soft linen suit. If your office dress code is more relaxed, Three Graces’s classic Clarissa in cotton poplin is perfect for coverage....
...“They went on to design all the Supreme and Palace skate stores....
...“Children are dressed quite uniformly today and there’s not a lot of colour, so people delight in our selection,” says Hertfordshire-based Anna-Louise Plumb, whose online vintage store Wolf & Mabel offers...
...that could easily be mistaken for a homely offshoot of the V&A....
...That kind of growth is unlikely to happen again, according to Evercore boss Ralph Schlosstein, as the boutiques are now bigger, meaning “it will be harder to gain share in this downturn”....
...But this will not be a V-shaped recovery. Burberry: kate.burgess@ft.com McCarthy & Stone: oliver.ralph@ft.com...
...“I don’t think it’s a V-recovery,” he says. “An elongated U is perfectly possible. I’m a conservative. I plan for the worst and hope for better....
...Ralph Lauren skipped out....
...Neither do we need to ponder the meaning of Father Dougal McGuire’s penchant for wearing a V-neck tank top over his clerical robes in Father Ted....
...Polo, Ralph Lauren’s lower-priced sister line, offered migraine-inducing hoodies and sweatshirts for about £100, alongside T-shirts with a large Polo logo....
...As with her handbags, Hearst is selling the collection direct to consumer via her website, and direct in person from her new Manhattan store, which opens in the Carlyle Hotel later this year....
...Gucci held appointments to show its pre-fall 18 collection, which will enter stores before its catwalk collection and hang around longer....
...Additional reporting by Hannah Kuchler, James Blitz, Oliver Ralph, Michael Pooler, Rianna Croxford and Laura Noonan...
...The London store is opening at the end of this year, which presents the designer with a rare opportunity....
...The line was relaxed and a little mannish; v-neck sweaters were paired with a shirt and tie....
...And Ralph Lauren delivered herringbone tweeds and taupes that were a comforting take on classic American elegance....
...The stores give people the chance to see a piece, and feel it.”...
...Other retailers that have moved in include French fashion brand APC, Ralph Lauren-owned Club Monaco and Sweaty Betty. Hostem, which opened a menswear store there in 2010, has expanded its premises....
...Across town, Ralph Lauren returned to Milan with his Purple Label....
...The law would prevent ULA from further buying RD180 engines beyond the 29 it already has in store or on order....
...Freemium v paid: Streaming competition swells YouTube is one of several Spotify competitors bringing streaming services to the market this year....
...Jacki Nemerov, chief operating officer, said Ralph Lauren continued to invest in new technologies and stores despite “challenging market conditions”. Ralph Lauren shares rose 0.2 per cent to $156.88....
...A $1.6bn buyout by Apax Partners fuelled an expansion in Europe as the group struggled with a drop in orders from American department stores, before the private equity firm then sold it on to PVH for $3bn...
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