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Dec 24, 2021

London icon Selfridges sold to Thai and Austrian groups

China hits back at a new U.S. law requiring proof that goods imported from China’s Xinjiang region were not made by forced labor. Plus: London’s Selfridges department store is being sold to Thai and Austrian buyers. And, how Santa is persevering through a shortage of helpers this year. 

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A shopper carries bags from department store Selfridges along Oxford Street on the Sunday afternoon in London on December 6, 2020. - Shoppers returned to Englands high streets this week as shops reopened following the end of a four-week coronavirus lockdown. (Photo by Hollie Adams / AFP) (Photo by HOLLIE ADAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
A shopper carries bags from department store Selfridges along Oxford Street on the Sunday afternoon in London on December 6, 2020. - Shoppers returned to Englands high streets this week as shops reopened following the end of a four-week coronavirus lockdown. (Photo by Hollie Adams / AFP) (Photo by HOLLIE ADAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

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