Marks & Spencer. Its sales have been falling for the past two years and chief executive Marc Bolland is pinning his hopes for a revival on these new clothing ranges, the first full collection his new fashion team has put together.

City analysts aren’t generally known for their fashion flair but last night they were given first sight of key pieces in the crucial autumn-win(...)

Parkway centre: work on the 15-acre site may resume if its owners can secure tenants for its anchor units. photograph: don moloney/press 22

The prospects of finally completing a partially built €50 million shopping centre in Limerick city have been greatly enhanced as discussions co(...)

Above left to right:  belted dress (€250), by Fee G at Harvey Nichols;  floral dress (€45), by Gallery at Dunnes; jacket (€90), blouse (€33), sunglasses (€13), skirt (€25), and shoes (€67), at River Island; Red Herring stripe blazer (€70), pussy bow blouse (€47), cigarette pant (€39), shoes (€70), at Debenhams

Give it too much thought, and it’s quite mind-boggling just how much we expect our clothes to do for us. We seem to forget that these in(...)

There was a time when children were expected to grow into their clothes – whether they were hand-me-downs or bought in a larger size in order t(...)

When Ronan Clarke was asked by a US multinational to fit out an office space with 25 whiteboards a number of years ago, he had little idea that(...)

Spitting Image: the satirical puppet show thrived on Thatcher’s presence. Photograph: Bruno Vincent/Getty

‘Do you weep, Mrs Thatcher, do you weep? Do you wake, Mrs Thatcher, in your sleep? Do you weep like a sad willow on your Marks and Spencer’s pi(...)

Left to right: Floral trousers (€52) at Next; Printed palazzo pants (€39.95) at Zara; Check pencil skirt (€62), by J by Jasper Conran at Debenhams;   Printed trainers (€40) at River Island. Cut-out boots (€85) at office.co.uk

No one ever said that fashion was inclusive – or, if they did, they were most certainly lying. It only takes a quick look at a catwalk, or an e(...)

Concerns about the bailout of Cyprus and plans to impose a levy on bank deposits on the island resulted in Europe an stocks retreating yesterday. B(...)

Fair brews: Coffee generally has a good fairtrade reputation, but what of our other daily household foodstuffs? Photograph: getty images
Ethical shopping on the cheap

If you throw a bunch of Fairtrade bananas in your shopping trolley, can you save the world? Sadly, being a truly ethical shopper – concerned fo(...)

Armed only with a shopping list and a critical eye, Pricewatch went looking for the winner of our inaugural Supermarket Badge of Honour. We di(...)

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