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As I See It

How we’re falling back in love with shops

John Lewis store in St James
After months of lockdown shopping in shops could be back in fashion, but they still need help, says TERRY MURDEN

Hot summer hits crops

Shoppers facing first hike in prices in more than five years

Buchanan Street Glasgow, shopping
Shoppers are paying for the long,hot summer with the first hike in prices in more than five years.

Boost for retailers

Sun and sport lures shoppers into high street

Prince St retail shopping
Hot weather and a bumper summer of sport gave high streets some welcome relief

Review of high street

Scrap business rates to save shops, says retail veteran

Shop closures
Business rates should be abolished and councils given more power over landlords

Food and drink sales rise

Britons defy Brexit gloom in spending spree

Prince St retail shopping
Shoppers have defied recent gloomy surveys about Brexit downturns by spending more than a year ago...