Shops
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What shopping will look like when non-essential stores open on Monday
Will you be able to try stuff on?
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UK fashion brands join forces in a bid to tackle modern slavery
The likes of Marks and Spencer, Next, River Island and John Lewis have pledged to help bring an end to modern slavery.
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Tax change 'could spell end for free ATMs in shops'
Shop owners say they could soon be forced to start charging customers to use cash machines or remove them altogether as a result of changes to the way they are taxed. In 2013, the Valuation Office Agency ruled that any ATM situated on the front
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Oxfam discounts to compete with Primark
Oxfam is struggling to compete with bargain clothes shops like Primark, cut price fashion from the supermarkets, and discounted garments from the likes of Aldi and Lidl. In an effort to keep customers, it's opening a number of discount
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Giant vending machine replaces traditional English village shop
Residents of a rural English village have just had their local village shop replaced by a giant vending machine. Installed outside a pub in the picture-postcard village of Clifton, Derbyshire, the machine means residents can buy essentials
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1 in 5 shops 'could close by 2018'
More than one in five of Britain's high street shops could close by 2018 as more customers turn to the internet for their shopping, it has been reported. The study, carried out by the Centre for Retail Research and reported in the Daily Mail,
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Empty shops reach new high of 11.9%
Shop vacancies have surged to a new high of 11.9% as retail failures including Comet and Jessops knock holes in shopping centres. The percentage of empty UK shops in April worsened from 10.9% in January and was the highest rate since the British
