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The Thai Retailers Association (TRA) said yesterday that consumer spending is growing at a less than optimal rate in the first half of this year and has suggested that the government consider cutting taxes on luxury goods and launch campaigns such as a “Thailand Grand Sale” to attract tourists.

Re: “At least Mussolini kept the trains running on time,” Have Your Say, June 28.

Up to 40 people were injured, most of them lightly, when two train carriages collided in the Austrian city of Salzburg on Friday, rescuers and the rail company said.

THE THAI Retailers Association (TRA) says the government’s proposed increase in the minimum wage – applied in a range that differs by area – will increase the cost burden of businesses.

SALES at the nation’s big retailers posted growth of between 2.8 and 3 per cent for the first nine months of |the year, said the Thai Retail Association (TRA), boosting optimism for continued growth to close out the final quarter.

The family of a 21-year-old woman seriously injured in a fall from a moving train last December is seeking compensation from the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

A 71-year-old Thai woman’s left foot was severed by a train at the Pak Chong Train Station in Nakhon Ratchasima province on Sunday morning.

A taxi driver was slightly injured when a freight train carrying military hardware crashed into his vehicle in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Mueang district early Saturday.

WEAK CONSUMER spending in the second quarter of the year has exacerbated concerns for the sales performance of the big retailers in the second half.

SALES AT big retailers and chain-store operators jumped 3.02 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, driven by a pick-up in the economy and adding to the positive business data emerging this year.