Hints and tips:
...There is the wonderful geometric pizzazz of Giuseppe Roberto Martinenghi’s Corso di Porta Nuova 20 apartment block (1937) or the lemony diamonds and Cubist stairs of Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli’s Casa...
...Like Debenhams, it had been in difficulty before the pandemic, with retail guru Mary Portas describing it as “a case study in how to squander brand equity”....
...Richard Burnett, director of the Road Haulage Association, said that estimate “might even be on the conservative side” as trade frictions deepen....
...Closing quote — essential comment before you go Mary Portas Retail behemoths came to rely on the physics of their business, but underestimated the chemistry....
...a French nightclub for the storied Costes clan, a pair of Paris hotels and Manhattan restaurants, and a fleet of private homes from Lahore to London (including one for his star client, the restaurateur Richard...
...I wouldn’t be surprised if some are forced to warn on profits — and neither would Richard Hyman, the consultant behind the Richard Talks Retail blog....
...of diversity and inclusion, Barclays 80 Tim Millward chief executive, Extrastaff 81 Matthew Hubbard people director, commercial banking, Lloyds Banking Group 82 Orlan Boston senior partner, EY 83 Richard...
...Stacey Friedman , general counsel, JPMorgan 6 David Furnish , chief executive, Rocket Entertainment Group 7 Jonathan Mildenhall , chief marketing officer, Airbnb 8 Liz Bingham , partner, EY 9 Mary Portas...
...Eredi Chiarini, Via Porta Rossa 33R (+39055-284 478; www.eredichiarini.it). Guido Bartolozzi, Via Maggio 18R (+39055-215 602)....
...Richard Branson is a deserving number one for this: he has been supporting the gay community for very many years....
...Ms Portas told the Financial Times that she was “upset” by the failure....
...Other charities are also seeking expert advice, with Mary Portas developing a “Living and Giving” chain of boutique charity stores for Save the Children....
...Malcolm Dalgleish, chairman of European retail at property consultancy CB Richard Ellis, said that the proposals could be be counterproductive....
...“The perception of charities as organisations that go around begging for money needs to be challenged,” said Richard Hawkes, Scope’s chief executive....
...I hope Mary Portas has a copy....
...And to prove the government’s steely resolve on the issue, it has asked Mary Portas, who offers retail consulting on a reality television programme, to run it. Britons’ shopping habits are changing....
...He says: “It’s a bit like that Mary Portas [best known for the TV series Mary Queen of Shops in which she advises struggling small retailers]....
...In May, despite a budget of just €1.2m, Barbero re-opened the museum’s main building in the Porta Pia district....
...Richard Lapper...
...Richard Strauss lifted the opening theme for his own Elektra. Accusations of plagiarism were made....
...Wilkinson has landed 27 in his 64 Tests, one short of the all-time record held by Argentina’s Hugo Porta....
...“I have an IBM card – anyone who doesn’t think I have a bias towards IBM is naive,” says Mr Porta....
...The drop beneath us down the slopes which linked the Punta Muzzella (2,125m) and the Punta Alle Porta (2,313m) was over 1,000m....
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