To the north, the retail core includes shops on Mansfield Road and Huntingdon Street, north of the Victoria Centre.

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Retail and Core Retail Sales were pretty ugly with postings of -2.0% and -1.2%, respectively.

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While the data in the UK was predominately positive, once again the US related data held a negative tone as Retail and Core Retail Sales continued to slide in June.

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