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 <title><![CDATA[April retail sales down, but show people ‘prepared to spend’]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Retail sales struggled for much of April but picked up towards the of the month, the latest stats from the British Retail Consortium show. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Shopping centre footfall slips, high street edges up]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Footfall through UK shopping centres slipped slightly in February, according to the latest data—but the pattern across the country was very uneven.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Customer lifetime value: A new metric to work with]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Awash in a sea of data, operators are on the lookout for metrics that matter. The latest, 'Customer Lifetime Value', is big news across the pond. Is it just another management acronym or a crucial tool to deliver profitable growth? Scott Shaw explains how it works]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Vouchers: Not going away anytime soon]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:20 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The public appetite for promotions and money-off vouchers shows no sign of diminishing—if anything there's a group of young, tech-savvy eaters-out who have no intention of kicking the habit. David Martin takes a look at the latest data]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Finer fast food: just a fad?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I have to admit, I’ve done my bit to extol the virtues of better burgers and what the in-demand Mike Palmer has christened “hipster pizza”—two current on- trend examples of everybody’s guilty fast-food secrets, now made acceptable to the middle classes and foodies alike, writes Alec Howard.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The South rises: fried chicken reborn]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Southern comfort food is making a comeback in the US, according to the States’ very own menu guru Nancy Kruse.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[It's the weather stupid]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:40 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[March is a month Britain’s pub and restaurant groups want to forget. Snow and freezing temperatures across the country contributed to a sharp 3.0% fall in collective like-for-like sales compared with March 2012.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Disposable income continues to rise]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The latest Asda Income Tracker shows that family-spending power increased by £3 a week in February, meaning disposable income has not fallen year-on-year since last March.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Rising food prices causing headaches for restaurants]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Increasing commodity prices have made food costs one of the two biggest sources of overheads among UK restaurant operators, according to new research.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Beer sales slip in first quarter]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Beer sales in the UK fell by 2.9% in the first quarter of 2013—and the decline was steepest in pubs. The disappointing figures come from the British Beer and Pub Association’s quarterly ‘Beer Barometer’ scheme. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Visitor numbers on the rise]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The number of people visiting the UK rose by 14% in February—prompting optimism for a bumper tourist trade this year. Visit Britain says it marks the strongest February in five years.<br/><br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[US sends craft beer across the Atlantic]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:25 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[American craft beer is fast catching on in the UK, new stats suggest. The US Brewers Association says US craft beer exports jumped 72% in 2012, with the UK among the top markets. <br/><br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Mobile sends digital ad spend soaring again]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[UK businesses spent £5.4bn on digital advertising last year—and more than doubled their cash on the mobile space. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Food outstrips general retail growth in March]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Cold weather put a freeze on retail sales in March—but food and drink sales enjoyed a lift. The British Retail Consortium’s monitor revealed a like for like sales increase of 1.9% in March - 'a reasonable performance', but down on the 2.7% growth in February.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Mislabelled fish slipping onto menus]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Consumption of fish and seafood per person is rising - but new research also shows that much of what is being sold may not be as described on the packet or menu. It has prompted in a call for tighter fish product labelling rules.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Organic sales slip again]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Sales of organic food fell in 2012—continuing a medium-term decline in their popularity in the UK. But restaurants bucked the wider trend, posting a small increase in their own sales.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[High street sales, footfall nudging up]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Two new sets of sales and footfall figures suggest the UK high street could be starting a revival after several years in the doldrums. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[UK leads on five a day]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[People in the UK consume more fruit and vegetables than the Europe-wide average, new figures show—giving the lie to the country’s popular image as poorly fed nutrition-wise. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Processed meat health warning]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Processed meat, including sausages, ham and bacon, appear to increase the risk of dying young, a study of half a million people across Europe suggests. It concluded diets high in processed meats were linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer and early deaths.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Food price inflation at five-month low]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Food price inflation, a serious issue for the sector in the last few years, might be easing, new figures from the British Retail Consortium suggest.<br/><br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Alcohol consumption slides again]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Consumption of alcohol slipped by 3.3% in 2012. It is the sixth year of decline in the last eight years, over which time consumption has fallen by 16%. . ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Retail sales bounce back in February]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Retail sales grew 2.7% in February, the fastest rate in more than three years, latest stats from the British Retail Consortium show. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Eating out ‘the new eating in’]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Rather than putting the squeeze on eating out, the prolonged economic downturn is prompting people to modestly treat themselves more often, a new survey suggests. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Ready meal sales feel ‘cold wind’]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Sales of ready meals could be slowing, new data suggests—perhaps a result of increased concerns over provenance and that more people may be choosing to eat out for convenience.]]></description>
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