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Government urged to adopt Shop Out to Help Out scheme to save high street

Last August the UK government launched the initiative Eat Out to Help Out Scheme in a bid drive traffic to cafes and restaurants during local lockdown. This year campaigners are calling for a similar proposal to save the ailing high street, with a scheme called Shop Out to Help Out. The campaign group Save The Street, backed by notable industry...

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Italy on lockdown, the fashion industry must prepare for losses

Italy on Sunday followed in the footsteps of China, putting a vast area amid the coronavirus outbreak in lockdown. The company’s wealthy Lombardy region, which includes Milan, Venice and is home to luxury brands Bottega Veneta, Prada, Versace, Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana, has effectively banned 16 million people from traveling in and out...