Sales 'fail to boost High Street'
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The January sales failed to help the UK High Street recover from a poor Christmas season, a survey by the British Retail Consortium finds.
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Marks and Spencer is set to report a growth in Christmas sales - despite gloom elsewhere on the High Street - reports suggest.
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Sales at major US retail chains edged barely higher last week, likely crimped by high gasoline prices, a survey showed.
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Warnings of a poor Christmas for High Street retailers in the UK are unduly pessimistic, according to accountants Deloitte &Touche.
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The pound was stable in early afternoon trading after weaker-than-expected retail sales data.
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HIGH street giant Boots reported a cooling in sales growth today after disappointing summer weather stalled demand for suncare products.
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Christmas sales in Britain appear set this year for another bonanza, but fewer retailers are likely to share in it amid signs consumer spending is wavering, a study said.
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Marks and Spencer is set to report a growth in Christmas sales despite High Street gloom, reports suggest.
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From discounters to upmarket department stores, many US retailers have reported lacklustre sales for September. Although the hurricanes which battered much of the east coast of the US during the month were
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Retail sales slowed last month, official data showed Thursday, as the country&#39;s wettest June on record kept consumers away from the highstreet.
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British retail sales have risen at a slower pace in November compared with the previous month.
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UK High Street sales fell more sharply than expected - dropping by 0.4% in July, official figures show.
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Last-minute Christmas shoppers helped lift this month&#39;s retail sales, but some analysts still are concerned that Americans didn&#39;t spend enough to give chain stores the boost they had requested from Santa.
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Holiday sales are expected to rise at their slowest pace in five years as the weak housing market and a credit crunch temper consumer spending, the National Retail Federation said on Thursday.
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Reports that shoppers are leaving it late in the hope of finding festive bargains may be borne out by new High Street data.
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The wettest June on record sees UK retail sales rise more slowly than expected in June, official figures show.
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Business & money: UK spends like there's no tomorrow with frenzied activity at the sales despite gloomy economic forecasts