1. Department: Nonfood

Widespread backing for ShopKind campaign action week

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Retailers, police and unions are coming together to promote the #ShopKind campaign week, which starts next Monday (30 June). ShopKind is supported by a wide range of stakeholders such as the British Retail Consortium (BRC), Usdaw and the Home Office to encourage kind behaviour in…

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