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The Retail Week: Will Christmas kill department stores?

By Grace Bowden, Gemma Goldfingle, Becky Waller-Davies and John Beaumont2018-01-12T06:00:00+00:00

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The Retail Week team discusses what this Christmas’ poor trading means for the department store.

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Topics

  • Christmas trading
  • Debenhams
  • Department stores
  • House of Fraser
  • John Lewis & Partners
  • Marks & Spencer
  • The Retail Week

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