Which shops won gold during the Olympics?

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Most people would agree that it has been a great Olympics, and that London has done Britain proud. But did it bring the retail boom that shops were hoping for?

Persistent warnings of impending travel chaos - reinforced by London mayor Boris Johnson's public announcements on the tube - put off so many people from travelling into central London that the West End resembled a ghost town in the first few days of the Games.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%