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Yodel voted UK's Worst Delivery Operator
Does your Amazon or Tesco Direct online parcel tend to fly across your gate or land in your neighbour's garden? If it's delivered by Yodel - or rather their legion of self-employed van drivers paid pennies to delivery it - there's
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Cider shop renamed due to Apple confusion
A Norfolk cider business has been forced to rename its shop following constant confusion from customers who mistook it for a well-known gadget retailer of the same name. The Apple Shop in Wroxham Barns – so-called for 20 years
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Union in Amazon conditions protest
A leading union will stage protests outside sites run by online shopping giant Amazon in a row over workers' pay and conditions. The GMB claimed the firm was denying staff the right to union representation and collective
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High street figures bounce back
There has been some welcome cheer for the high street as figures revealed a bounce back in sales after last month's Olympics disappointment. The latest CBI survey, covering the first two weeks of September, showed 33% of retailers saw
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Fall in non-store retail sales
Online sales put in their worst monthly performance in nearly five years last month as consumers watched the Olympics on television rather than shop on the internet. Non-store retailing sales volumes, which also includes mail order, fell by 6.7%
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Debenhams beats sales expectations
Department store Debenhams has put rival Next in the shade by beating the City's sales expectations in the face of Britain's sporting summer. Online growth of 40% and an improved share of the under-pressure womenswear market helped the
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Westfield centre big Games winner
Westfield shopping centre near the Olympic Park was visited by 5.5 million people during the Games, suggesting it is one of the biggest retail winners from the event. Australian group Westfield said the Games gave it "unprecedented
