Handbagged ; Designers Reveal the 'Must-Have' Bags Being Targeted by Thieves in Smash-and-Grab Store Raids

Evening Standard - London › October 29, 2007

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VICTIMS of the recent series of smashand-grab store raids in west London have revealed exclusively to the Standard the goods which were stolen.

Most were handbags, the most popular of the season, fuelling speculation that the thieves who have struck 35 times in the past six months are part of a sophisticated operation and are stealing to order.

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Handbagged ; Designers Reveal the 'Must-Have' Bags Being Targeted by Thieves in Smash-and-Grab Store Raids

"These thieves aren't stupid, they know exactly which bags there is a demand for," said designer Anya Hindmarch, whose Ledbury Road store was raided this month. The P...

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