It is the first time a national British institution has agreed to serve coffee which bears the official Fairtrade Mark label guaranteeing a fair deal for plantations in developing countries.

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Design teams work directly with clothing manufacturers to create private-label lines, avoiding the mark-up applied by apparel companies which normally serve as middlemen between retailers and manufacturers.

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And in 2009, Donatella Versace hired him to design her secondary collection Versus, where he was seen as making a distinctive mark before stepping down last year to focus on his own signature label.

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