Saving our high streets: What to do with empty department stores and 'ghost' shopping centres
Covid is having a catastrophic impact on businesses
Regine Sønderland Saga, Manchester Metropolitan University
Steve Millington, Manchester Metropolitan University
Daniel Smith
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Chain stores are moving out of the high street. Recent high-profile deals, such as online fashion retailer Asos’s purchase of high street brands includingTopshop and Miss Selfridgefrom the Arcadia group, and theacquisition of Debenhamsby another online business, Boohoo, have cemented the trend.