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No big Christmas sales boost for shops, new figures show

Figures released on Tuesday show December failed to make up for a poor autumn.

7th Jan 2025

Christmas didn’t deliver the big sales boost Scotland’s shops, pubs and restaurants were hoping for.

And the ongoing trend towards people buying things like clothes online, rather than on the high street, continues apace.

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