LONDON — Twenty years ago, Sotheby’s and Christie’s made money by auctioning art. And that was about it. Now, in a process fast-forwarded by the coronavirus pandemic, technology is transforming these venerable names into very different-looking businesses. Luxury is making that difference. Sotheby’s, under the tech-savvy ownership of […]
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Buy Nowt! Bradford’s thrifty antidote to Black Friday shopocalypse goes international
Buy Nowt Day 2019, Bradford (Bradford District Credit Union) When asked her opinion of Black Friday, Deb Collett is as frank and forthright as you might expect from a woman born and bred in notoriously spendthrift Yorkshire . “A nonsense,” she tells The Independent. “What do companies like Amazon need […]