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What’s in store for 2024? Big story: Retail predictions (part 2)

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UK independent retailers face another tough year in 2024, say industry experts who have shared their views in the latest issue of Independent Retail News magazine. Threats to the sector range from crime to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, from rising business costs to plans for…

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