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Retail news round-up: Unhappy returns; Brits are top online shoppers; fast-falling non-food prices; New Year honours

The continued surge in online shopping will see over £2.5bn of unwanted Christmas presents returned to retailers, according to LCP Consulting. Stuart Higgins, its director of retail, says: ‘The price retailers have to pay for online growth is pretty substantial.’ UK consumers lead the world when it comes to internet shopping, with an average of

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Retail news round-up: pre-Halloween launch of Christmas window

Selfridges claims that the pre-Halloween launch of its Christmas window in London’s Oxford Street is a first for any department store worldwide. Some 1,000 metres of red velvet have been used for its ‘With Love From’ theme. Inflation has been blamed for a fall in UK retail sales in September. The Office for National Statistics

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