STORES throughout the area were playing follow my leader in a bid to get their share of Sunday shoppers.
A number of shops opening and considering opening on Sundays snowballed since Tesco, Safeway and Asda announced that they would be opening every Sunday until Christmas.
It was the biggest challenge to date to the laws banning seven-day trading.
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