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With the leaves falling by like the weeks until Christmas, this is the ideal time of year to plot a shopping trip to brighten the grey season. With a range of places to wield the plastic, lightning-fast and devilishly clever travel search engine www.nowfly.co.uk brings you top tips on the finest shopping cities.

New York

With no sales tax on items of clothing and shoes under $110, at 54 Bond Street in NoHo, Billie Reid is fantastic for sweaters and cotton shirts. Over in Brooklyn, Jan & Äya opened last year, with cool and quirky goods for the home displayed in a contemporary venue.

Return flights in December 2009 departing London to New York from £310 and Glasgow to New York from £393. Both fares are inclusive of taxes and surcharges.
For further offers see:

www.nowfly.co.uk/cheap-flights-to-JFK.aspx

Boston

Also with no sales tax on similar items under $175, start with the famously high-end eight blocks of Newbury Street. Ideal for parents with young children approaching meltdown, over at the Build-a-Bear Workshop in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace they can stuff their own bear and even give it a heart.

Return flights in December 2009 departing London to Boston from £298 and Newcastle to Boston from £368. Both fares are inclusive of taxes and surcharges.
For further offers see:

www.nowfly.co.uk/cheap-flights-to-Boston.aspx

Chicago

On the Loop, Old Navy is part of Gap and has good clothes in an airy and fashionable loft-like shop. Over in Wicker Park, futurgarb boutique also features a loft area and fashionable pieces.

Return flights in December 2009 departing London to Chicago from £348 and Manchester to Chicago from £368. Both fares are inclusive of taxes and surcharges.
For further offers see:

www.nowfly.co.uk/cheap-flights-to-Chicago.aspx

Milan

No visit should miss the four floors of haute couture at Versace’s epicentre at Via Montenapoleone 2. For something at the opposite end of the scale, try the Viale Papiniano, the street market held on Saturdays.

Return flights in December 2009 departing London to Milan from £43 and Birmingham to Milan from £96. Both fares are inclusive of taxes and surcharges.
For further offers see:

www.nowfly.co.uk/cheap-flights-to-Milan.aspx

London

Newly opened Anthropologie at 158 Regent Street stocks cool bohemian clothing and quirky but chic objects and furniture. Meanwhile at number 38 on chi-chi Marylebone High Street, homegrown designer Paul Smith has opened a second shop.

Return flights in December 2009 departing Edinburgh to London from £48 and Belfast to London from £42. Both fares are inclusive of taxes and surcharges.
For further offers see:

www.nowfly.co.uk/cheap-flights-to-London.aspx