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• York shop bans cheesy Christmas music for sake of staff

  10-11-2019 15:03
  
  Gin store ‘confident’ customers will also appreciate a festive break from Mariah, Slade et alA shop in York has banned cheesy Christmas songs for the sake of staff morale, the owners have said.Neither Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You nor Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody will be played this year at York Gin because having to endure such music for hours each day would ruin Christmas for shop-floor employees, the shop’s director said. Continue reading...
  
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• Will retail sales show the US in decent health?

  10-11-2019 10:00
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• Asda could face consumer backlash as it enforces new contracts

  10-11-2019 09:12
  
  Staff have been pressed to accept changes to working conditionsAlmost all Asda’s 120,000 workers who are paid by the hour have signed new contracts with the supermarket chain ahead of a deadline it extended to midnight on Saturday.The retailer, owned by US giant Walmart, has been at the centre of a lengthy and high-profile row over the imposition of the new contracts, which it says help it remain competitive in a “challenging market”.Asda customers overwhelmingly want to be ser
  
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