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UK to see modest growth in Christmas sales -report

Reuters: Technology

Sun, 25 Nov 2012

LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Christmas sales in Britain will edge up by 1 percent this year, though with inflation running at 2.5 percent sales volumes will fall, a report published by Deloitte on Monday showed.

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  2. United Kingdom

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