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How To Bag A Bargain This Christmas

Episode published: 18/11/08 | Listen to this episode

In This Week’s Episode:

With the average British family set to spend almost £300 less on Christmas this year, David Kuo investigates how our seasonal shopping habits are being hit by the credit crunch.

In the studio, helping David to shop ‘til he drops, are retail guru Bryan Roberts from Planet Retail, and Fool.co.uk’s very own queen of internet shopping Laura Starkey.


Laura Starkey with Bryan Roberts and David Kuo

So join us as we find out which retailers are feeling the pinch, where the best deals are to be found, and what this year’s must have present is going to be. It’s your essential pre-Christmas shop listen.

More on Christmas shopping
You can also catch Laura talking to Bryan in the latest episode of On The Money, our video podcast.

To read more about this topic, check out this article by Donna Werbner.


Edited at 2008-11-19 11:01:09 Edited at 2008-11-19 11:12:02
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