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Spa confidential: Are spas actually good for us, or are they just a pleasant (and often costly) way of wiling away a few hours? ESPA founder Susan Harmsworth – one of the industry’s most revered figures after nearly 40 years in the business – tells Sarah Keenlyside why they’re worth every penny.

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Garden Books: Garden books aims to be your friendly local bookshop

Next: Next sells fashionable clothes, shoes and jewellery at mid range prices, gets a high stock turnover and is generally a well thought out and pleasant place to shop.

The Chieff Store: The Chieff Store is a not unfamiliar collection of weird and wonderful modern lifestyle and home products thunk up by European designers with funny names

Uniqlo: Stylish basics and artist-edition T-shirts rule at this affordable Japanese chain

Local cheese: Creamy and rich, China's first homemade gouda arrives – made of all-natural ingredients from the Shanxi province

Bargaining secrets: Want to get the best deals at the markets? Time Out asked three shop assistants to tell us how the game works...

Even better than the real thing?: Fake Fendi? Cool! Dodgy drugs? Not so much...

Get the best prices: In Beijing, almost anything can be bartered down to a better price. Here's how:

Custom clothes: With affordable tailors all over town, it's easy to get made-to-measure threads for less than you'd pay off-the-rack at home

Buying handicrafts: Looking for a memorable souvenir? Try traditional embroidery, painted snuff bottles, wall hangings and more

Mao memorabilia: Don't leave Beijing without stocking up on a few Great Helmsman trinkets

Where to buy everything: All the pearls, silk, antiques, fakes, clothes – and tea – in China

Hey, rock star: Time Out gets to grips with where to buy everything from a guzheng to a guitar

Second-hand style: Sick of paying through the nose to look like everybody else? Check out the definitive guide to vintage, second hand and celebrity cast offs in the capital

Our favorite flea markets: Visit these lively markets for (possibly) one-of-a-kind goods and bargain prices

Ethical shopping: Buy with a clear conscious at these Beijing shops that stock ethical and sustainable goods

Cheap and chic boutiques: There's nothing better than bagging hot clothes and huge bargains. Time Out scopes out the best deals in town