<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070215/bs_afp/britaineconomyretail"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070215/capt.sge.sqv18.150207112902.photo00.photo.default-512x327.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=oOgGJQ.flU6uqQ24.yRQBw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Shoppers walk past a 'sale' sign in London, December 2006. British retailers felt the pinch following the Christmas trading period as sales plunged by 1.8 percent in January, the biggest monthly fall in four years, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Carl De Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - British retailers felt the pinch following the Christmas trading period as sales plunged by 1.8 percent in January, the biggest monthly fall in four years, official data has shown.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(AFP)