The British Retail Consortium’s recent survey revealed Christmas 2008 as the worst Christmas ever with a fall of 3.3% in like for like sales and 1.4% in total sales compared to 2007.

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However, there were a few notes of encouragement in some sectors: internet sales were 30% up on last year and low costs retailer such as Aldi and Poundland saw 25% growth.