Plea for small shops weekend push

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Chuka Umanna
Chuka Umanna

Tim Ireland/PA Wire

Britain should adopt a US initiative to encourage shoppers to use small, local shops, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has suggested.

President Barack Obama visited an independent book shop on this year's Small Business Saturday, which has taken place on the first weekend after Thanksgiving in the US since 2010.
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