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      <news:title>Q&amp;A: Amazon European Stores vice-president on the new innovations shaping its grocery offering</news:title>
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      <news:title>British Heart Foundation to close 150 shops amid rising costs</news:title>
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      <news:title>Debenhams Group partners with Revolution Beauty for licensing deal</news:title>
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      <news:title>The future of fashion consumption: Shein, second-hand and squeezed middles</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-06-08T05:59:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Burnham pledges to review National Insurance Contributions</news:title>
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