Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Forget about the high street, Britains train stations are the real heart of retail and seemingly the go-to place for tourist souvenirs. According to quarterly retail sales figures from Network Rail, like-for-like sales at its 18 train stations were up by 4.14 per cent in the first quarter of 2016. Thats more than eight times greater than what the British Retail Consortium reported for the same three months earlier this year, says Network Rail. Sales at its food and beverage outlets were up 6.1 per cent in Q1 2016, compared to the same period a year earlier, while traditional retail sales gre...
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