| Baugur investigates switch to UK Hamleys owner - Icelandic investment group Baugur - says it is examining ways to relocate to the UK.  Are Brits becoming 'shopping tarts'? Many supermarket-goers are wedded to their brand of shop. But as people begin to draw in the purse strings, some are starting to see benefits in being a more promiscuous consumer. College honours fashion designer A fashion designer who supported students is awarded an honorary degree by a Kent art college. A supermarket, but not as we know it The BBC's Steve Rosenberg samples shopping in the future, armed with his mobile phone and accompanied by Roger the Robot. Embroidered T-shirt. Price: £4. Cost: Misery Primark is rightly being exposed over the use of child labour in the finishing of cheap clothes. But as evidence against retailers stacks up, shoppers are kidding themselves if they don't shoulder some of the blame. In pictures: China plastic bag ban Images from China, where a ban on flimsy plastic bags came into effect earlier this month. Au Naturale jobs secured by sale Hundreds of jobs are protected at troubled retailer Au Naturale as most of its remaining stores are sold. Princess works at fashion store Princess Beatrice begins work experience as a personal shopper at a London store. All dressed up and nowhere to go? How can a niche shop owner sell up and retire in the midst of the credit crunch? In pictures: NY fashion exhibition A host of Hollywood A-listers attend the annual Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. News Wizard |