Tills are alive with sound of M&S ‘riot’
Marks and Spencer on Thursday staged only its second one-day sale ahead of Christmas in another sign of retailers’ deepening concern over consumer sentiment at the start of what should be the busiest time of year on the high street.
But the surprise effort to entice shoppers with 20 per cent off at least appeared to produce the desired effect on cash-strapped consumers at the new Westfield shopping centre in London.
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