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                                <title><![CDATA[ UK retailers demand govt action on rising crime ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They put the scale of retail theft at £953 million, despite over £700 million in crime prevention spending. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Organised' retail crime: a 'multi-billion dollar problem' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 02:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Gangs of thieves coordinate to steal many millions of dollars of merchandise - often perfume, cosmetics, toiletries or power drills. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US retail sales drop more than expected in December ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ December's decrease in sales was likely in part the result of goods prices falling during the month. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Omicron slams UK retail recovery, says British association ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 03:10:23 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The number of shoppers visiting UK stores slid 18.6% in December compared with two years earlier, or before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the British Retail Consortium. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Apple closes all New York City stores to shoppers as Covid-19 cases rise ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 01:46:09 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Globally, concerns over the Omicron variant have prompted major companies to tighten their protocols. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US retail sales up 8.5% this holiday season ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 02:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Online sales were up 11% and in-store sales up 8.1% between Nov 1 and Christmas Eve, according to the Mastercard SpendingPulse study. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Zara owner and H&M bounce back from pandemic blues ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Companies are battling to source products and raw materials in a robust global economic recovery as the pandemic continues to disrupt everyday life in parts of the world. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US port logjam brings early Christmas for importers ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Dozens of ships carrying hundreds of thousands of containers remain at anchor outside the Los Angeles harbour, waiting for a berth on docks packed to capacity. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Covid jabs to be made mandatory for all retail workers ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:27:13 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi says this will be made a prerequisite for companies to be given approval to resume operations. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China’s luxury shoppers call in the tidy teams ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 04:25:14 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ In the era of the couch-shopper, there is also a downside to chasing fashion. ]]></description>
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