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...I recently did a new record cover for them; Mark Knopfler got together as many of the world’s top guitarists as he could – 40 or so including Eric Clapton and Joan Armatrading – to record “Going Home”, the...
...Savviness is social currency and knowing how to outsmart the mainstream is a mark of pride, more Del Boy than doing the right thing....
...As Vera Wang, who worked as an accessories designer at Ralph Lauren before starting her eponymous business, puts it: “Ralph has a unique brand that defies fashion....
...It is as practical as it is graphic. “It’s always an absolute joy to work with George and Glenn,” says Gabriele Salvatori, CEO of the eponymous family business....
...While they both have their hands in every aspect of the business, their division of labour is such that of the pair Nickey spends more time overseeing the retail while Kehoe mostly keeps busy doing the interior...
...King and Mark’s Club....
...While they were doing business together, LL Bean accounted for the majority of the Worcesters’ wreath sales, according to court documents....
...I also loved seeing her focus and the way she could turn it up if she had a commission; she had to earn a living and I appreciated her business side as much as the creative one....
...“She probably saw the potential in what I was doing more than I did myself.” Antiques had become so expensive that there was a gap for original goods....
...As we’re thinking about reopening the economy, it’s important for these businesses to start doing business again,” he says....
...“A few weeks later, I was looking through my bookshelves and found an old book on antique kimonos. One picture was the start of everything.”...
...But this way of doing business is now under threat, as watches bought from the EU from January 1 are subject to a 20 per cent import tax....
...Friedman’s championing of under-represented names, including several Latin Americans such as the Brazilian artist Luiz Zerbini, marks him out....
...And then all the design and antiques....
...Mark Stephens, a partner at law firm Howard Kennedy and chairman of artists’ rights body DACS, believes more business may now take place outside the EU as a result of tighter controls....
...“We see thousands of people contributing to small tweaks to the technology on GitHub, doing it as a hobby.”...
...More recent moves, too, such as joining the line-up at London antiques fair Masterpiece, has seen the brand step further forward. “Branding is what is required from a business today....
...My father’s antiques business was an inspiration too, as I used to help him with online displays. Do you have time for personal financial planning? My wife and I share the load....
...“But by doing that you empower people. Autocratic governments want control . . ....
...Our assembled cast from the worlds of politics, art, literature and business share their thoughts on what makes the perfect getaway. Martha Stewart Entrepreneur How are you spending the summer?...
...But, as he strolls around the office, it’s clear that doing “jazz hands” every day takes its toll....
...“Otherwise, all you’re doing really is just buying a look,” he says....
...We booked into Chilvers’ favourite B&B, Lince Casa Rural, with antique, sun-bleached chairs, a beautiful library and bedroom windows flung open to the sound of hooves and stables below....
...Rubinacci, marianorubinacci.net The best souvenir I’ve brought home is a pair of portraits from the antiques market in Parma....
...“If you’re buying and selling vintage cars as a business, then you will be liable for income tax, rather than CGT,” he says....
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