In the news this morning, EG asks why the retail landscape is seemingly heading face-first into apocalypse.
The report comes as the latest British Retail Consortium and KPMG figures from April show retail sales growth falling off a cliff.
And Côte is named as the latest high street chain to mull closures.
NEWS ROUND-UP: Are we heading for the retail apocalypse?
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