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‘Awful start’ to year as snow batters sales at high street stores

Britain’s high street shops suffered their worst January in at least 15 years after snow and economic problems hammered sales, the British Retail Consortium said today.

The “awful” start to the current year followed the strongest December for eight years and dampened hopes of a strong recovery by the retail sector.