Lockdown restrictions to non-essential retailers have hit hard the sector with some of the UK s biggest high street names having to shut. Retail empire Arcadia, owner of Topshop and Dorothy Perkins, Debenhams, Laura Ashley and Edinburgh Woollen Mill entered administration over the past few months. Online retailers have bought brands with plans to move them online resulting in job losses and suggesting the pandemic has had an irreversible impact on UK retail. Asos bought Topshop and Miss Selfridge while Boohoo bought Debenhams with both online retailers revealing plans to move business online. PM Boris Johnson is expected to reveal his road map out of lockdown today.