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Monday 12 October 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 8:38 pm

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IN A FURTHER blow to Royal Mail’s reputation, the department chain and supermarket-owner John Lewis yesterday said it would use other firms to deliver its wares. The firm said: “We have ensured that postal strikes don’t affect our customers by switching the business to other carriers.” Royal Mail is considering a series of rolling strikes over the Christmas period in protest at the firm’s modernisation plans. Online retailer Amazon has also said it will switch to other carriers.

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