Here we go again - only yesterday we were confirming that the High Street was suffering and now Marks and Spencer has reversed what looked only a couple of years ago like a terminal decline and pulled into profit.
Meanwhile there are calls for a rate cut from the British Retail Consortium, because trading conditions are so bad. Except that according to people like M&S and Halfords things aren't as terrible as the people who are suffering will claim.
Comnfusing mixed messages? Why do I get the feeling we're only just starting..?
