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British Retail Consortium RSS feedChristmas comes early for London stores as sales soar
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London shops are enjoying strong sales in the run up to Christmas, giving rise to fresh hopes of a prosperous festive season for the retail sector2009-11-16T08:13:52ZMore shoppers log on for replica designer outfits
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Britain's obsession with red carpet outfits has not wavered in the recession with soaring sales at online fashion house Asos, best known for cut-price replicas of stars' outfits2009-11-16T10:30:34ZSales surge lifts shops’ Christmas hopes
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Retailers in London are hoping Christmas will not be as bad as feared after a dramatic surge in sales2009-10-19T06:43:16ZConfused? Fear not, the analysts are too
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23756731-confused-fear-not-the-analysts-are-too.do
2009-10-15T07:08:26ZLondon's shops hit by the worst slump since 7/7 attacks
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23743619-londons-shops-hit-by-the-worst-slump-since-77-attacks.do
West End stores have suffered their biggest slump in sales since the aftermath of the July 2005 terror attacks2009-09-14T08:11:48ZLondon’s back in business as activity hits 18-month high
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London looks to have put the worst of the Lehman Brothers crisis behind it just a year after the collapse of the investment bank2009-09-14T08:06:49ZUK recovery hopes grow as pain eases
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The UK economy showed tentative signs of stabilising if not recovering, as the Bank of England weighed up whether to print more money to drive demand2009-07-14T08:14:36ZUK shop price inflation rises to 2% in March
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23673638-uk-shop-price-inflation-rises-to-2-in-march.do
British shop price inflation rose in March as the weakness of sterling kept food prices high and boosted the cost of other imported goods, the British Retail Consortium has said2009-04-08T11:19:56ZCapital's high streets buck recession with an increase in sales
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Retail sales in London jumped last month as the capital shrugged off the recession blighting high streets elsewhere in Britain2009-03-16T08:53:16ZElectrical goods to cost more as yen soars against pound
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Gadget prices are set to soar on the high street because of the strength of the yen, experts warned2009-01-27T08:43:34ZFootsie falls for fifth day as optimism wears thin
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2009-01-13T09:46:42ZShops will have to keep on slashing prices
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Retailers will be forced to offer big discounts long into the new year as they fight to survive the economic downturn, experts warned2008-12-30T10:04:31ZShoppers queuing for late bargains before stores open
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Shoppers began queuing before stores even opened in the hope of picking up last-minute Christmas bargains2008-12-24T09:45:28ZBosses vent anger over plan for new stealth tax
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Business slammed a new stealth tax revealed in the Queen's Speech, accusing the Government of damaging the economy2008-12-03T14:15:26ZToy sellers' double boost from VAT cut turmoil
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The move to slash VAT could be particularly good news for Britain's struggling toy sector, which is now in line for two good Christmases on the trot2008-11-25T09:24:12ZCrimewave hits high street as recession bites
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Retailers are suffering a shoplifting crimewave as the economic downturn continues to bite, according to new figures on supermarket theft2008-11-10T09:49:25ZCost of living set to tumble
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The cost of living is set to be brought down with record cuts in interest rates and a fall in inflation2008-10-14T13:28:50ZEveryone is guilty: end the conspiracy of greed
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Two banks nationalised, one bust, others taken over, thousands of jobs likely to be lost, the FTSE 100 through the floor, the effects likely to spill over into the rest of the economy — and still I'm not sure if we really get it2008-09-29T07:51:13ZFood inflation blow for Bank of England
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Food prices went up 10 per cent in the last 12 months, official figures show2008-09-03T13:39:46ZInterest rate cut in doubt as food prices jump by 10 per cent
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23550631-interest-rate-cut-in-doubt-as-food-prices-jump-by-10-per-cent.do
<b>Economy: </b>Hopes of an interest rate cut were fading as the soaring price of food threatened to drive already rampant inflation ever higher2008-09-03T12:58:48ZFat children's uniforms put a strain on parents' purse
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The rise in child obesity has put a strain on parents' pockets because they have to pay tax on supersize school uniforms2008-08-22T10:01:45ZLehman, Credit Suisse and the rumour mill
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One rule for banks — another for everybody else. In the US, the Federal Reserve phoned Credit Suisse to see if it had pulled a line of credit from Lehman Brothers2008-08-22T10:08:36ZRetailers call for tax cuts in a bid to ease the sales pain
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Struggling retailers have demanded tax cuts in a desperate plea to the Government in the face of the looming recession2008-08-21T14:02:29ZBank risking recession by leaving interest rates at 5%
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The Bank of England is in danger of pushing the country into recession, business and retail leaders have warned2008-08-07T13:50:08ZHigh St heavyweights go to war with landlords
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23525723-high-st-heavyweights-go-to-war-with-landlords.do
2008-08-04T10:12:53ZBoost for London's hopes on property and retail
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London will stave off the worst of the house-price slump, and is still enjoying strong sales on the High Street, two major studies show2008-07-21T09:09:57ZFamily food bills soar by 7% as inflation pressure grows
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Food prices have jumped by an average of seven per cent in a year in a further blow to households struggling to deal with the soaring cost of living2008-07-09T12:41:54ZRecord UK retail sales increase 'is misleading'
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A record month-on-month jump in retail sales was dismissed in the City as a misleading statistical anomaly twisted by the UK's capricious meteorology2008-06-19T13:27:20ZHigh street hit by rising costs, falling spending
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Fears of a high street meltdown grew today as figures showed stores caught in a deadly squeeze between rising costs and weak consumer spending2008-04-15T15:18:33ZDebenhams drops 12% and woe continues
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Department stores chain Debenhams sees 12% fall in first-half profits2008-04-15T11:52:49Z