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Window dressing

BRITAIN: Empty shop windows are depressing. When it becomes apparent that several shops in a street have gone out of business, the entire neighbourhood suffers. The solution? Create fake shop fronts.

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A nation of shopkeepers

"A nation of shopkeepers" is what Napoleon called the English, quoting the economist Adam Smith. I’ve always been amazed at how many shops the British can cram into an airport as if the aim of going there is to go shopping rather than fly somewhere.

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The food industry

The food industry in the UK is a profitable one, but is it a healthy one? We look at the language of healthy and nutritious food for retailers and buyers.

An elephant in the mall

One company has finally found a use for one of the sites from the London Olympics. No, not the 2012 London Olympics, I'm talking about the White City site from the 1908 London Olympics.

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