SALES DELAY
April 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALLADVICE from the European Commission, that retailers with branches in the EU countries introducing notes and coins of the Euro next year should avoid holding their winter sales until the New Year deadline for the launch of the new cash has passed, has been attacked by the British Retail Consortium.It claims that Brussels is making the "tail wag the dog," making retailers a "slave to a calendar date that is not in the most appropriate period for making such a change."Spokesman David Southwell said: "It's an unnecessary burden to have placed on ...
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