Garden retailing is often said to be part of the fashion industry, but luckily its fortunes this year have been very different from those of the rag trade. The downturn was supposed to mean customers tightening their belts and closing their purses - and the latest fashion retail data appears to show just that. Verdict Research forecasts a decline in the sector of over five per cent across Europe, making it "one of the worst years for the clothing sector on record", with only low-cost retailers such as Primark seeing any growth.
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