Annoushka’s Jewellery Successes Annoushka Ducas has achieved what many only dare to dream. Annoushka Ducas has launched two successful jewellery businesses that have made a significant impact on the global luxury market. In 1990, Annoushka and husband John Ayton started Links of London, an enterprise that stemmed from the idea
Mulberry in Dire Straits pre-COVID-19
Bloodshed for All Saints and Boux Avenue

Only COVID-19 to Blame? Many fashion brands are bewailing their precarious futures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, blaming the virus for everything, from temporary store closures to lost footfall and sales, not to mention a spike in e-commerce retail. But possibly COVID-19 is only to blame in part.
DVF Downsizes in the United States

Downsize is an Understatement Luxury fashion brand DVF, owned by Belgian designer Diane von Furstenberg, will all but shutter its operations in the United States. DVF is to close 18 retail locations across the country, only leaving the New York flagship store open, a location in the meatpacking district that
Good Samaritan Sir Jim Ratcliffe – A Real Entrepreneur

Resurrecting the Defender Another brand Ratcliffe wants to help out is Jaguar LandRover. Digging far down into his deep pockets, he wants to resurrect the company’s Defender car calling it The Grenadier, named after a Belgravia pub in London. The Ineos Grenadier will be manufactured a new factory in Wales,


