Retail industry
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Mild days and new glasshouse tech mean the summer fruit – a Wimbledon and Henley staple – is starting its season in March
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There’s no sign of my Sony Handycam after seven months and customer service has been poor
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Booksellers group says rise will kill off independent stores and berates Treasury for cutting tax for sector’s biggest online rival Amazon
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Ex-Jam frontman bids to drum up £400,000 in pretty green to expand his Real Stars Are Rare label kitting out old mods and new faces
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Trade bodies including CBI say tax is unfair, with some claiming it is bigger deterrent to international retailers than Brexit vote
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Biggest ever round of redundancies to fall on curtain and carpet estimating and fitting, and restaurant chefs
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Andy Street on running for mayor and how he hopes to revolutionise public services with employee-owned partnerships
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Communities department says it will be revealed in 8 March budget whether fund for transitional rates relief will increase
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The first ever London modest fashion week brought hijabs, burkinis and kimonos to the catwalk this month. Now the British high street is finally beginning to cotton on
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Sales of premium pizzas are up by £20m, as the stores try to replicate the outlandish toppings found in trendy restaurants. But the experts aren’t convinced
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Chancellor signalled that the government could look at alleviating changes to the tax, which is set to change dramatically in the coming weeks
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Economics viewpoint Is this the end of UK's retail boom?
Larry ElliottEconomic indicators point to a prolonged slump in consumer spending, and as prices rise real income will fall -
Retailers say demand is at its highest for a decade with popularity spreading from fruit and vegetables to other groceries
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Mike Coupe, whose firm faces rise of almost £120m to £500m, says changes to levy will benefit online firms such as Amazon
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Limited edition doll, which is modelled on teenage transgender activist Jazz Jennings, will retail at about £72
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Kraft Heinz confirms it has approached Unilever about a deal that values the company at $143bn
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Figures put UK growth forecast in doubt, with rising inflation squeezing household spending
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Report commissioned by supermarket outlines risks of climatic and political change to food supply from outside UK
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Revaluation complaints threaten to add to delays as cutbacks hit work of Valuation Office Agency
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Upmarket grocer tops Which? customer satisfaction survey for third successive year while Asda languishes at bottom of table
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Retailers, restaurants and hotels among a record 360 firms named for shortchanging staff by almost £1m
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