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- BUSINESS, Page 60Business NotesRETAILINGHardball Express
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- There is no holiday cheer between American Express and Laura
- Ashley, the clothing chain. Last week the charge-card giant
- ceased doing business with the retailer, accusing Laura Ashley
- of persuading customers to use other cards. As a result, the 520
- Ashley stores around the world have had to stop accepting Amex
- charges. Ashley had been trying for some time to bargain down
- the fees it pays for purchases on the card. The bicker exploded
- into a brawl when a shopper, who turned out to be an American
- Express executive, was discouraged from using her card at an
- Ashley store in New Jersey.
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