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The Retail Week: Black Friday, grocery movements and Christmas shopping

By Nicola Harrison, Roland Bodenham and James Wilmore2015-12-04T07:00:00+00:00

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Catch up on this week’s big retail stories with analysis from content editor Nicola Harrison and news editor James Wilmore.

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Follow the links below for more news and analysis on the stories mentioned in The Retail Week – December 4, 2015.

  • Five things we learnt from Black Friday
  • Black Friday web traffic up while footfall tumbles
  • Argos apologises as shoppers complain
  • Black Friday weekend sales hit £3.3bn
  • Morrisons falls out of FTSE 100
  • Seven in ten to shop at discounters
  • Consumers set to spend less this Christmas

 

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