2025-12-26 17:26:38| BBC News | Business | World Edition

Although shoppers are still bargain-hunting, fewer people headed to the high streets and shopping centres compared with last year.

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Stocks are mostly flat in quiet trading on Friday as investors returned from the Christmas holiday. Trading is expected to be light.

Returns come with an environmental cost, but theres a lot consumers and companies are doing to minimize it.

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