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The high street needs our help

Boom and bust?

Without a helping hand from government, we may soon be looking back on that era as the good old days, especially on Scotland's high streets, where retailers face their third tough year running. Sales faltered in 2010 and since mid-2011 Scottish retail sales have lagged behind the rest of the UK.

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