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• So long, Topshop: I can tell the story of my life through stores I have loved and lost | Hadley Freeman

  12-12-2020 10:00
  
  A stroll down my high street is like walking with the ghosts of Christmas past As I write, Philip Green’s Arcadia Group – which includes former high street stalwarts Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Evans – has collapsed into administration. Yes, Topshop! The once seemingly indomitable, all-conquering Topshop.Doubtless, Green would point to Covid for this demise; some of us may crook a small finger in Green’s direction. Famously a cuddly bundle of charm, Green fell out with t
  
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• Traffic lights and 24-hour opening: supermarkets gear up for unusual Christmas shop

  12-12-2020 09:00
  
  Stores anxious to cut queues and keep shoppers happy as social distancing risks dampening festive sales bonanzaSupermarkets are to use digital queueing systems, 24-hour trading, door marshals and incentives to shop early in an attempt to provide socially distanced shopping during what is expected to be their biggest ever Christmas sales period.With government restrictions to control coronavirus limiting eating out and pub visits, British shoppers are expected to spend a record £12bn in sup
  
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• Ikea latest firm to suffer shortages and delays due to clogged UK ports

  12-12-2020 08:00
  
  Swedish chain says it is struggling to meet demand and apologises to customers Ikea has become the latest victim of the UK’s gridlocked ports, with the retailer blaming delayed orders and stock shortages on the congestion, which is now also derailing food imports.The Swedish chain said it was experiencing “operational challenges” as shipments of its flatpack furniture are held up at clogged ports. The hold-ups came as Ikea struggled to meet increased demand for home furnishings
  
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