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You and Yours: Fast fashion; Banks and gambling; Debenhams

10/01/2020

Fast fashion; Banks and gambling; Debenhams

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Fast fashion; Banks and gambling; Debenhams

Could you give up buying new clothes for a year?

As Debenhams starts closing some of its 19 stores this weekend to save its business, we report from Altrincham which is losing its Debenhams and the impact on its high street and other town centres.

We look at where we're at with deposit return schemes to boost recycling rates.

Could you give up buying new clothes for a year? We speak to Lauren Bravo, a fashion journalist who's given up buying new clothes in 2019, and written a book "How to Break Up With Fast Fashion."

And, lots of banks are now launching new technology to block gambling transactions on customers' accounts. We speak to HSBC about their new blocker, as well as a former gambler who praises Monzo's app for helping him stop.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Lydia Thomas

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