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The Retail Week: Asda's Black Friday U-turn, Morrisons third-quarter trading and M&S results

By James Wilmore, Roland Bodenham and Luke Tugby2015-11-06T07:00:00+00:00

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Catch up on this week’s big retail stories with analysis from news editor James Wilmore and reporter Luke Tugby.

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Follow the links below for more news and analysis on the stories mentioned in The Retail Week – November 6, 2015

  • Asda in radical rethink over Black Friday
  • Morrisons’ third quarter results
  • Morrisons boss argues price matching is wrong approach
  • M&S’ half-year results

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