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BRC confirms optimism on UK retail footfall in January

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Retail footfall in January showed a much-needed increase compared with last year, according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The figures are even more upbeat than statistics earlier this week from retail tech specialist MRI Software.  The BRC-Sensormatic figures indicate that…

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