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Retailers’ self-help group doubles number of meetings within weeks of starting

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A group set up this year to help convenience retailers with stress and other issues has already doubled the number of its online meetings. Retailers4Retailers allows retailers to share problems with each other and come up with potential solutions on whatever might be troubling them.…

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