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Shopgoers told to plan early for Christmas

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Posted 2007-12-3

The Citizens Advice bureau is advising people to plan ahead for holiday shopping in order to minimise higher than usual expected debt due to high interest rates, slow wage growth and rising prices.    Last year, the most common...

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Global financial crisis restrains consumer spending

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Posted 2007-11-8

Customer confidence has suffered a blow as a result of the US sub-prime mortgage collapse this summer, which triggered a global financial crisis. According to research done by debt consultancy firm Thomas Charles in conjunction with polling company YouGov, Britons...

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