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Festive trading gets off to an unseasonably bad beginning

Non-food sales in Scotland fell last month at their fastest annual pace since November 1999, a most inauspicious start to the key festive trading period, an industry survey reveals today.

Non-food sales in Scotland fell last month at their fastest annual pace since November 1999, a most inauspicious start to the key festive trading period, an industry survey reveals today.