what are those numbers like when it comes to harrods? >> we've got a small but growing dotcom business. but for us it's still a relatively small piece >> do you not get the sense luxury shoppers would appreciate or start to look to using technology on e-commerce sites >> totally agree that's why we've invested cig a cantly last year and we're seeing strong growth in that. >> refere >> one thing else i've noticed is you're breaking trend with a lot of the uk retailers. why did you make that decision >> because we're not a discounter we're about premium product, exclusive product. to be in the middle of a black friday is wrong for us it was interesting on the day of hour of black friday, we had massive web sales, but we didn't lose any margin. >> you talk about year on year growth for sales there are obviously parts of the world where people are not traveling as much, not spending as much. i wonder whether you're seeing that in your numbers >> we see a mix every year of customers. so it's never -- you never get all of the balls bouncing at

. $5,500 per square foot beating harrods and tiffa ny square foot beating harrods and tiffany ‘s.t one opened, it was actually considered risky move. it is argued they could not possibly make money by the late steve jo bs not possibly make money by the late steve jobs was convinced not possibly make money by the late stevejobs was convinced they not possibly make money by the late steve jobs was convinced they would be successful and, of course, the rest is history. the man who designed the store is now based in singapore and we caught up with we started in 1987 when stevejobs came back to the company. he asked us came back to the company. he asked us to think about how to present apple in various public realms. my business partner and myself started on the whiteboard. we met with him every week for 12 years and grew the programme through a number of processes and helped to be a part of that transformation from what was a relatively small company. it was $2.2 billion in value and now it is 750 plus. apple develop much more significant differentiator products at that time. what has

at the famous department store harrods the shop windows are always original and elaborately designed. and at harvey nichols department store christmas looks like a big wild party. that suffered just the santas are in a festive mood and things are buzzing. with . hundreds and hundreds injured hundreds when looking at christmas me nothing. it's a case do it. or you could mean by god willing to accept the christmas week. meanwhile back in paris the streets are alive with the usual hustle and bustle. but sometimes local residents and tourists alike take time out to notice some window display were too. much as you can see they took time to create the windows and make their ideas come true. this is the day. i love them they're super i find they're full of light simply beautiful and magnificent.

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the german pop heroes contributed the theme song for germany's newest tragicomedy jesus bashir to harrods or this silly heart about the courage to dream the single is also a taste of their new album coming out next year in april. the movie is out now in german theaters and stars heartthrob in the u.s. and barak in the lead role. free fall is one of the most unusual jazz bands and gemini at fest the band consisted of a cash nest and two horn players in the meantime of the three young men have at it and the traction with. the result is a mix of hip hop afro beat soul reggae and jests definitely worth a listen. it's kind of about to leave this weekend some of the people see it as this all the. time and. it's not just three fall from cologne i mean the jazz trio is known for its innovative and expressive music two years ago they joined forces with afro german singer milan to complete their unique sound to. someone at their show in hamburg they presented the songs from their first new album together for. so much. time. off oil was a lot of material i had already been singing the for this but w

at the famous department store harrods the shop windows are always original and elaborately designed. and at harvey nichols department store christmas looks like a big wild party. that suffragist the santas are in a festive mood and things are buzzing. this . morning to none dead center none from looking at christmas me nothing. it says this to you. or you could mean by not wearing a suit the christmas week. meanwhile back in paris the streets are live with the usual hustle and bustle. sometimes local residents and tourists alike take time out to notice some window display were too. much as you can see they took time to create the windows and make their ideas come true. this is the. i love them they're super i find they're full of light simply beautiful and magnificent. christmas may still be a few weeks away but the decorative windows in various european capitals are a great way to get into the holiday spirit. heading up north now to barragan in norway where all the stops are also pulled out for christmas now every year since one thousand nine hundred one all the schools kindergarten

hours on what was meant to be a protest starting from the street that intention was to go down to harrods gate which is no more than three quarters of a kilometer away from where i'm standing just to voice their concern and you can see no we're going to spend the camera and that yet again the the security services are moving back towards the police station don't towards harrods kate they've been out in a lot of numbers here in east jerusalem. over the last couple of overs and in fact things did come down for quite a bit when they pulled back initially but that gave us the stood there in their numbers that gave time for the palestinian youngsters teenagers young men in their twenty's to get together to start chanting in they were doing no more than that then as the police moved up we started to see a few missiles being thrown from what i could see was mainly water bottles. but there has been a bit of violence here this afternoon and people on the streets certainly very very scared when the police forces started coming into them to them to break up these crowds. of many thanks alan fischer

talking to our friend the brahman the very prominent name jaitley and there sipping over there at harrods and they're discussing gold and economics and we want all of you got to get a big going now for five or six years of the book cool cool movie way old boy who won't rule well now they're waiting to buy it's going to take a thousand. they've been doing their research and everybody should do what a geriatric submit to their amazing i can't do it let's move on to the story back to the story because here are some quotes so i think it's interesting here this you know old mutual gold and silver a fund there they have gold and silver investors older money people interested in gold and silver and they have a plan and that is as he mentioned you know to take as much as five percent invested in cryptocurrency s. take their profit stay at five percent as the profits as the prices continue to rise and buy more gold and silver with it it's an interesting unique plan for their investments i don't know. ok well you know everybody has a different portfolio tolerance and whatever but here he is what he

of protesters with a picture of tourists on their intention to march just the half a kilometer to harrod's gate to make their voices heard in opposition to donald trump's decision as they set off we were confronted with a line of police and security services we were told that first of all they didn't have a permit to march so therefore the couldn't get out and also they were blocking the street and saw the police and the army started to her siblings push them back that led to growing crowds and a bit of a confrontation bit of a standoff the police then brought in some policemen on horseback to try and break up the codes on the pavement next to the would that lead to a great deal of panic and anger and it also meant a number of people were injured we then saw running conflicts between the protesters and the security services the protesters would throw water bottles and small stones and rocks at the police security services responded with rubber coated steel bullets and also sewn grenades trying to break up the crowds at one point for about thirty minutes the leaders of everything it can don

as well with a picture of jerusalem on the dome of the rock and they were intending moving towards harrods gate which is probably less than half a kilometer from where i'm standing no farther than fifteen meters and then the police suddenly stopped them put up a barrier and said you don't have a permit you're not going any further push them back and at that point that is where the confrontation started the leader of egypt's coptic church just a client to meet us vice president mike pence when he visits the region later this month it's in protest over donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital palestinian president mahmoud abbas is also refused to meet pence in paris people have been protesting against israel's prime minister his upcoming visit benjamin netanyahu is set to meet france's president of money on sunday mike ross says that it's regrettable but trump has decided to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the lawyer for the former president of georgia mikheil saakashvili says he's going on hunger strike he's protesting against his rearrest in ukraine four

we had the boss of harrods on before christmas and one of the things he said was the pound impact hadn relatively short in terms of the way he felt. the big luxury brands have repriced. is that what we are seeing or is the pound having an effect here? deborah: it has an effect in terms of bringing in tourists. people come here and spend. there is no arbitrage in terms of prices. deborah: if you think of chinese they do three quarters of their spend when traveling. the travel further afield. europe is a key destination for them. the euroind is appreciates and sterling stays weaker. they have more for their buck. not cheaper,h is it is the hotel is cheaper. is that the way it works? deborah: it is. there is a slight time pricing element. some prices are much higher in asia as compared to other regions. guy: we were joking about bitcoin and he was saying not anytime soon but he talked about the fact that they were the first to take alipay and they embraced the chinese consumer. deborah: absolutely. the chinese consumer, the latin american consumer, they do spend much. there also part of

when we come back, we will be talking to the managing director of london's harrods department store,ediately when we come back. that is an interview you will want to watch out for, especially this close to christmas. as catalonia goes to the polls, we are been the focus of the european politics story and discuss what that means for investors. that is our will house. -- that is our wheelhouse. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: european open." just 24 minutes into the session, two days, this is a penultimate day before everyone goes out on a legit christmas break. we are seeing equity indexes that are down across the board. catalogs vote to elect a new parliament in barcelona with polls closing at 8:00 p.m. central european time, we will bring you results after restrictions left. allianz global investors outlook report for 2018 suggest geopolitics and plain old politics remain major risks for investors next year. still with us, neil dwane. do you really have any concerns as far as european politics? it seems to matter what happens with the afd parliament or