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London opens Westfield Stratford, the Largest shopping mall in Europe

29 Sep 2011 by Charlotte Scheggia     
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Planning ahead for upcoming 2012 Olympics, Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, the quite extraordinarily large, 1.9 million square feet, the biggest urban shopping centre in Europe, opened last week on the edge of the Olympic site, situated in east London. The shopping centre is proud to state it produces 10,000 jobs and is the gateway to the Olympic site, [...]

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Long Trip for a Christmas Turkey

19 Jan 2010 by Andy Aspden     
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A woman who set off to her local shops before Christmas to buy a Turkey has finally arrived back home, 30 days after leaving her house. The recent spate of bad weather across the UK hit the Scottish Highlands particularly hard and has only just relented enough to allow Kay Ure to return home.

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10 Last Minute Xmas Shopping Ideas

24 Dec 2009 by Andy Aspden     
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I think most of us have been in the situation on Christmas Eve where you get home convinced that the shopping is done, you’ve bought everything for everyone, but then you start wrapping the presents and realise there’s one person you haven’t bought a present for and the shops are shut. You’re left with one [...]

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Shopping in Vienna

2 Dec 2009 by Catherine Hope     

This article was kindly supplied by the Vienna Tourist Board An original gift for a friend back home or a pretty keepsake for yourself – shopping is a vacation treat in Vienna. This guide presents an overview of the city’s best shopping destinations, along with a number of insider tips.

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