Christmas Retail Hurting in the UK

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Weeks of snow keeping UK shoppers from Christmas shopping—retailers despair and start slashing prices early. "It's been a nightmare. I'm running behind like everybody else," one shopper told the Guardian. "And I'm doing my food shopping today as well, because you don't know if it will get worse and I don't want to be without a turkey on Christmas Day." [Guardian]