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High Street Shops Battle In-Store Price Matching

Have you ever seen something you wanted in a shop, tried it, checked the price online while in the shop, found it was cheaper, and walked out? Shoppers and shopkeepers give us their perspectives.

Have you ever seen something you wanted in a shop, tried it, checked the price online on your smartphone while in the shop, found it was cheaper, and walked out?

Reporter Willy Gilder spoke to Philip Jobe from St Giles Music, while Stuart heard the views of shoppers in St Giles Street.

Stuart also talks to retail expert Danielle Pinnington, to the Coordinator of the Wellingborough Business Improvement District, John Cable, and to Margaret Cairns, the owner of Towcester handbag and accessories shop Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Also:

* a special bank account, which aims to help people budget ahead of the roll out of Universal Credit, is being piloted by credit unions here in Northamptonshire

* a report into two deaths at a Northampton nightclub nearly two years ago will finally be presented to the Crown Prosecution Service this week

* politics reporter Willy Gilder looks at how sharing services is working out for South Northants Council and Cherwell Council

* the hot summer could produce a bumper crop of grapes for English vineyards, such as New Lodge Vineyard at Earls Barton

* the Northampton College student who's won a place at a Chef's Academy, with 12 months work experience at three top Michelin star restaurants

3 hours

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  • Mon 29 Jul 2013 06:00

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