One strong set of figures does not a retail recovery make

By Richard Hyman, Richard Hyman Richard Hyman29 January 2010

In the past couple of weeks there has been good news from the retail sector, as many retailers have posted positive Christmas trading figures. The British Retail Consortium announced that total retail sales were up 6% in December on the same period in 2008. The Office for National Statistics was ...

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