Shoppers in Pembrokeshire are being offered free weekend parking in the run up to Christmas.
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He said that trade was down about 50% in the run up to Christmas 2012.
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Something real has changed since the last long Westminster break in the run up to Christmas.
The firm blamed "fragile consumer confidence" in the run up to Christmas for the fall in UK sales.
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Jersey Post is selling stamps at a reduced price in the run up to Christmas for the first time.
In the run up to Christmas, electricals retailer Comet collapsed and shoe chain Stead and Simpson announced it was closing 90 stores.
Wales was hit with an unusually cold spell in the run up to Christmas with snow and sub-zero temperatures affecting most of the country.
But Mrs Miles said public car parks across the county would be free in the run up to Christmas on 10, 17 and 24 December.
Few very deep discounts were to be had in the run up to Christmas and in the 48 hours since, sales are at moderate levels.
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The number of company failures fell by even more - 185 went bust in the run up to Christmas - down by a third compared with the same time in 2011.
The project which is airing in the run up to Christmas looks at Mass Effect, Silent Hill, Call of Duty and Fable, finding topics diverse as violence, therapy, family arguments, body image and life choices.
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Given how long shopping can take, especially in the run up to Christmas, I can see a lot of people logging on with their Clubcard, and it could nudge the younger generation into picking up a card.
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The surprise drop in unemployment follows a survey earlier in the week suggesting German consumers were being hit hard by rising energy and food prices and were expecting to tighten the purse strings in the run up to Christmas.
"While book sales usually peak in the run up to Christmas, the move by consumers to use traditional book retailers simply for window shopping before purchasing online at discount prices has seriously impacted this sector, which has already suffered considerably from the growing popularity of e-book readers, " she said.
Comscore expects the trend to continue in the run-up to Christmas.
Employees at the troubled Spanish national airline Iberia are to go on strike in the run-up to Christmas.
Food banks in Kent say they have seen a sharp rise in the number of people coming to them for help in the run-up to Christmas.
Comet, which has now ceased to exist, slashed prices in order to clear its remaining stock in the run-up to Christmas, after it went into administration.
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Perhaps more important, it is still too early to tell how retailers fared in the run-up to Christmas and in the post-Christmas sales, their busiest times of the year.
The first phase of work includes cleaning guttering and building facades to help improve the city centre in the run-up to Christmas.
Ferry operators Serco NorthLink said there was a strong possibility of disruption and cancellations to Northern Isles services from Aberdeen in the run-up to Christmas because of the weather.
There was also a selection of lies relating to "fantasy characters", also used to enforce good behaviour, such as in the run-up to Christmas.
But the couple are said to want to spend time together as husband and wife in the run-up to Christmas and settle down in their north Wales home, near to where William is based at RAF Valley on Anglesey.
With shoppers leaving it late to buy presents this year, the chain said it increased promotional activity in the run-up to Christmas.
Many High Street retailers had reported a last-minute surge in shoppers the last weekend before Christmas, and bumper Boxing Day sales, following what had otherwise been a fairly quiet run-up to Christmas, not helped by the rain.
Work will stop in the run-up to Christmas and start again on 6 January.
One industry watcher said the move would help Sony in the run-up to Christmas.
Flintshire-based supermarket chain Iceland says it saw sales in the run-up to Christmas rise by 5%.
The range of goods available is trifling Woolworths offered just 250 different toys in the run-up to Christmas.
The theme park closed after a few days in the run-up to Christmas 2008 following hundreds of complaints.
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