Retail industry

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  Noise complaints put dampener on youth orchestra's Christmas concert

  16 Dec 2013: Robin Hood Youth Orchestra asked to leave a Nottingham shopping centre after complaints about noise levels

• Can angora production ever be ethical?

  16 Dec 2013:

  A shocking Peta video of a Chinese angora farm shows live rabbits having their fur ripped off. Is it possible to farm these rabbits commercially and be kind to them? asks Leo Benedictus

• British high street footfall drops 3.4% before Christmas retail rush

  16 Dec 2013: Drop in footfall from September to November is sharpest fall since August last year, with all regions reporting a decline

• Jack Monroe to front Sainsbury's ad campaign

  15 Dec 2013: 25-year-old single mother to star in 'Love Your Roast' campaign featuring recipes using leftovers from joints of meat

• Inditex: Spain's fashion powerhouse you've probably never heard of

  15 Dec 2013: The Observer is given rare access to the reticent multinational whose clothes have become a global high street phenomenon

• Dixons can expect a happy Christmas with merry half-year figures

  15 Dec 2013: Business agenda: the high-street retailer is tipped to reveal profits of £23m compared with a £12m loss last time around

• High-street prices cut as consumer sales fall in first week of December

  13 Dec 2013: With consumer confidence lagging behind the cost of living, Christmas shoppers are holding out for discounts

• Body-gripping shapewear transforms the look of party season outfits

  13 Dec 2013: Fashion retailers say sales of silhouette-improving shapewear have soared in the run-up to the Christmas party season

• Retailers like Lululemon know how to make money: make women feel bad

  13 Dec 2013:

  Heidi Moore: Retailers reinforce negative body images so people buy clothes. It's terrible, and it won't change until it hurts their bottom line

• Number of shops dividing toy departments into sections for boys and girls falls

  13 Dec 2013:

  Campaign group Let Toys be Toys says a fifth of stores divide sections by gender compared to half this time last year

• In praise of … pound shops

  12 Dec 2013: Editorial: it may betray the decline of the British high street, but it makes acquitting one's Christmas shopping so cheap as to be almost a joy

• UK food sector is 'soft touch for criminals', report says

  12 Dec 2013:

  Report launched in wake of horsemeat scandal says unit is needed to combat highly organised and dangerous crime groups

  Watch Felicity Lawrence's film on the horsemeat scandal

• Sports Direct shares fall in Adidas football kit row

  12 Dec 2013: Retailer biggest faller in FTSE 100 after losing sales of premium strips worn by Chelsea and World Cup favourites

• Adidas's row with Sports Direct is daft. Football kits aren't designer clothes

  12 Dec 2013: Nils Pratley: The German shirt maker seems to think Mike Ashley's pile-it-high stores are too scruffy. It's only a game, gentlemen

• Stores forced to slash prices as shoppers play the waiting game

  12 Dec 2013:

  French Connection launches sale offering up to 50% off as retailers battle competition from high-tech gifts

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