Retail sales boost ahead of Christmas promises a season of good will for the high street.
Online retail sales continue to grow, although not quite as quickly as earlier in the year.
Internet retail sales jump and high street sales remain stable as shoppers look for good deals online and off.
Retailers slash investment in anticipation of poor Christmas sales in the shops.
UK retailers report sales fall in October with a gloomy outlook for Christmas 2008.
Retail sales on the slide as retailers small and large suffer as shoppers stay home.
September sees one last impulse buy on the high street from shoppers as retailers prepare for tough times.