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Not a very happy festive season for retailers

NEWSWATCH: Times Live reports retailers did not have particularly festive Christmas season.

30 Dec 2013

(Image: Wikimedia Commons)

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Times Live: Retailers had a bleak Christmas, say analysts... Fuel prices, high prices, punitive taxes, e-tolls... They - and more - have taken their toll on consumers, who are shopping less frequently, with less cash to spend - even on necessities.

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