Hard times on the high street call for wholesale change

This is fast turning into a crisis, one that goes beyond the disappearance of thousands of retail and supplier jobs – it's about the eradication of the central part of every city and town

Chris Blackhurst
Friday 09 November 2018 18:40 GMT
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Death of the UK high street: Retailers gone since 2008

The great shift in retailing is not confined to Britain’s high streets.

I was in New York last week, and could not help but notice that while the streets of Manhattan were heaving, it was only the coffee bars that were doing brisk trade. The pavements were crowded but, by and large, the shops were eerily quiet.

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