high street
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What’s next for high street heritage?
COMMENT We need to go back to what made the UK high street special to revive its fortunes
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More than 10,000 stores closed in 2023
The decline in closures from 2022’s 17,151 is “less bad rather than “good”
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Liven up spaces to save the high street, says Samsung
Yoga in empty shops and bars inside bakeries could be the answer
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High street vacancies at ‘critical levels’, says BRC
Government plans may leave high streets “gap toothed” and “unviable” as vacancy hits 13.9%
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‘40% of retail must be repurposed’
Retail space must be reinvented or “wither on the vine”, concludes Revo/LSH survey
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Returning office workers offer boost to high street
High street footfall has risen by 17% as workers return to their desks
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Retail crisis claims 15,000 jobs so far this year
Most of the job losses are the result of rationalisations by major retailers
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Crew Clothing wants 40 new stores
The high street is ‘by no means dead’, says chief executive
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Rising energy bills will ‘cripple’ independent retailers, says Portas
Government has not provided enough support, say 97% of retailers
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Fewer shuttered shops for the first time in two years
But only by 0.1%, and there are still far more empty than before the pandemic
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Independent stores flourish, but can’t fill gaps left by chains
H1 saw a net increase of 804 independent stores, but a net loss of 5,251 chains
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Record year for store closures looms
More than 8,700 chain stores have closed in the first half of 2021, higher than any previous year