Perfume

High street store Debenhams has revealed that home owners, eager to lift the gloom of the recession, have created the most unlikely shopping boom of all time - highly ornate chandeliers.

Sunglasses perched on her head as she strolled round York, Tracie Andrews could not have looked more carefree. But as she prepares for her release from jail, her victim's family are furious.

A chronic shoplifter used wire cutters to remove security tags on $12,000 worth of clothes, perfume and fashion accessories she stole at Brisbane shopping centres and was selling the knocked-off goods at half price to her colleagues, a court has heard.

Why do big-time movie stars get ridiculed for doing TV ads - mostly to be aired in foreign countries, but directors like Martin Scorsese manage to take on jobs-for-hire like this new 60-second spot for Chanel and emerge with their reputations intact?

For all the deals to be had at consignment shops and thrift stores, plenty of people don't go near them because of a few key fears: 1. The time commitment. As much as I love hunting for a score, sifting through ugly item after ugly item can be exhaustin