Richard Dodd, from the British Retail Consortium, told BBC Breakfast that supermarkets were being unfairly demonised.

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Richard Dodd, from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said there were a "good number of sensible ideas" in the report.

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"It is very clear that overall the Olympics did not deliver any benefits to UK retailers in August, " said Richard Dodd from the BRC.

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Richard Dodd from the British Retail Consortium said the export ban had come at the worst time for the industry, resulting in farmers missing out on European markets.

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But Richard Dodd, spokesman for the British Retail Consortium, said there was no evidence retailers were having difficulties getting enough supplies or the snowy spell would affect shop prices.

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Meanwhile, discussions about the entire bill between Dodd and Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the committee, dragged on, repeatedly breaking down.

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In Connecticut, Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive, is in a close race with longtime Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to replace Christopher Dodd in the U.S. Senate.

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He ended in a 10-way tie on five under par, alongside Welshmen Stephen Dodd and English duo John Bickerton and Richard McEvoy.

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In October 2010, TCF National Bank (Wayzata, Minnesota) filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of an amendment to Dodd-Frank, proposed by Illinois Democratic Senator Richard Durbin after he apparently had been lobbied by a constituent, Walgreens CEO Gregory Wasson.

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