While storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge hit the UK and coronavirus gripped global headlines, Britain’s high street retailers suffered a battering with the seventh consecutive February of falling in-store like-for-like sales, figures released by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP yesterday (Friday March 6) reveal. According to BDO’s High …
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