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Value Added Tax (VAT) goes back up to 17.5% on 1 Jan, as confirmed in today's Pre-Budget Report, meaning prices across the UK will rise.
9 December 2009
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This year's high street Christmas price war could be even more savage than the discounting frenzy of 2008, an industry body said today.
9 December 2009
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An economist has urged consumers to curb the number of Christmas presents they buy.
8 December 2009
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Tesco has thrown down the gauntlet to upmarket rivals after the supermarket giant slashed prices on its luxury Finest range to tap into a trend for shoppers to trade up over Christmas.
7 December 2009
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More than 1,200 scam websites targeting Christmas shoppers were shut down today in an unprecedented online raid.
3 December 2009
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More than three quarters of MoneySavers think we should stop giving Christmas present to friends and colleagues.
1 December 2009
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A glitch on the Toys R Us website has meant some parents trying to buy a sought-after Christmas gift were having their cash taken temporarily even though the item was sold out.
1 December 2009
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Petrol prices pushed up inflation last month for the first time since February, official figures showed today.
17 November 2009
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There are over 400 times as many people using discount vouchers on their shopping as there were five years ago, research reveals.
7 November 2009
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Would you eat roadkill? Well, almost half of the 10,000 surveyed in a poll of site users have either done so or would consider doing so.
28 October 2009

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