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Retail sales rose in August, year over year, for the twelfth successive month, reinforcing the trend of increased consumer spending. After being adjusted for inflation, sales were up for a ninth successive month. Retailers took an estimated $83.9 mil...

Running a successful fashion line takes a lot of hard work and dedication. A few celebrity endorsements don’t hurt either. Bermudian Gemma Shane launched Pum Pum Socks with Jamaican stylist Savannah Baker last November. Their frilly footwear collec...

Confidence in the economy, coupled with opportunism around the America’s Cup, has spurred a surge in the retail industry. Penny MacIntyre, executive vice-president at Rego Sotheby’s International Realty said there has been a renewed interest in reta...

Consumers are demanding cleaner and greener food, one of the Island’s major wholesalers said yesterday. Alun Hughes, general manager of Butterfield & Vallis, said: “There is definitely a trend towards no pesticides, non-genetically modified and as or...

The America’s Cup could be a short cut to international business success for designer Rebecca Hanson. For Ms Hanson’s The Authentic Bermuda Shorts (TABS) firm has been made an official licensee of the America’s Cup, which allows her to embellish her ...

KFC has joined forces with the Bermuda Red Cross this month to help raise money for the charity. The eatery is now offering customers $1 treat voucher booklets, each of which contain five vouchers that children can exchange for a cookie, an apple tur...

“Opportunists” broke into the Rubis Causeway service station in Hamilton Parish — but owner Viv Redford was unperturbed. He described the incident as a smash-and-grab, with the main door shattered and cigarettes littering the floor, but said it was n...

Shawn Ming never wanted to become a cook. He rebelled against the prospect from an early age, despite urgings from his father Fred, a popular chef who taught culinary arts at the Bermuda College. “I definitely did not want to take after my father,” t...

Island Trading has branched out and is now offering a range of indoor furniture after linking up with two distinguished US furniture manufacturers. Items from Virginia-based Rowe and North Carolina’s Stanley Furniture, are creating a buzz at the shop...

Michelle Weldon’s decadent cupcakes have become a hit in the past five years. The 29-year-old has created a range of unique flavours in her home kitchen that she peddles under the name Xquisite Treats. She can give you chocolate but prefers more orig...

The retail sales index rose 2.7 per cent in July compared to the previous year. After adjustment for inflation, which was 1.4 per cent in July, the volume of retail sales was up 1.3 per cent. The figures mark the eighth successive monthly increase. A...