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...The resulting capsule – spanning glass vessels, baskets and hand-made oak stools – will be available to buy online and in store until the end of 2024....
...Earlier this month it called for Japanese property group Mitsui Fudosan to buy back ¥1tn ($6.7bn) in shares and for the firm to sell its stake in Tokyo Disneyland operating company Oriental Land, in a move...
...Sellers on Amazon’s marketplace account for more than 60 per cent of sales in its store....
...You might visit the soaking pool at the Mandarin Oriental when it opens at 6am sharp; this has a great view too....
...It has a great view of the Pudong area with its Oriental Pearl Tower. Shanghai has changed so much in recent years....
...As housewives took control of the kitchens in the ’20s and ’30s, the decorative kitchenware became popular enough to resist the economic threat of the Depression, when the buoyant stripes kept TG Green afloat...
...“Suzanis, yes; blue and white Islamic ceramics, yes; mellow oriental carpets, very much so. But nothing flash or ‘look at me’ about it.”...
...Petersham Nurseries sells an edible flower seed collection including cornflowers, marigolds and heartsease (£15, in store only)....
...Similarly, shareholders of Oriental Land receive a one-day passport to Tokyo Disneyland....
...(She is reportedly effecting a modernisation of both its designs and the brand’s 7,700+ stores worldwide.) So if focus trumps bonhomie for much of our meeting, fair enough....
...However, Worsley is part of a new wave of independent makers marrying cutting-edge, conscious craft with Sheffield’s age-old kitchenware industry....
...This kitchen and cooking supply store sells a large range of top-of-the-line products manufactured in France (at a reasonable price)....
...If you’re looking to shop, a discreet cut-through takes you from the back of the hotel straight into the neighbouring department store, El Corte Inglés....
...RAI, 3 Windmill Street, London W1T; rairestaurant.com The Aubrey at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, Knightsbridge Succeeding Daniel Boulud’s restaurant Bar Boulud (which closed last year due to the impact...
...His clients are wide-ranging and include top chef Guy Savoy, the Mandarin Oriental, the hipster wine bar Frenchie and the particularly open-minded Antic Wine in Lyon....
...British retail sales unexpectedly dropped for a fifth month in a row, driven by a sharp fall in furniture stores....
...(Nikkei Asia) New York-listed New Oriental has fired 60,000 employees since China banned profit-seeking private education last year....
...In contrast to Segro, those reliant on income from bricks and mortar stores have struggled to recoup rents....
...two years of work by, among others, interior designer Charles de Lisle and West Coast architecture firm Mithun, the public spaces of the Lodge – home to the community’s post office and a small general store...
...The Louvre in Paris removed the Sackler name from its Oriental Antiquities wing two years ago. [MUSIC PLAYING] You can read more on all of these stories at FT.com....
...But its Knightsbridge outpost, across the road from famed department stores Harvey Nichols and Harrods, happens to be serious about swimming too....
...It also has a substantial presence in Singapore’s real estate market and businesses in south-east Asia, including restaurants, café chains and hotels such as the Mandarin Oriental chain....
...Mr Maeztu said he personally visited more than 50 homes in India to see how to tailor Ikea’s catalogue to local tastes, such as selling furniture suitable for the multigenerational households or kitchenware...
...Before the fateful meeting at the knife shop, we pop into a crowded store that sells paper lanterns and bar signs....
...Convenience stores have filled their shelves with sakura-flavoured sweets and drinks. In February, Starbucks rolled out its Sakura Fuwari Berry Frappuccino....
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