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Originally Posted by Chris
Our High Streets and Out-Of-Town shopping centres turn out to have been like the grand old oak tree that you admire every time you walk past it in the woods - until the day after a big storm, when you find it felled and discover its roots were rotten.
Sadly, it looks like the writing always was on the wall for some of these big name chains. They had no real substance, and all it took was a gust of wind to blow them down.
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The intense high street competition has only served to wipe out more stores than ever as there was never enough business to sustain all of them anyway.
High shop rentals and council tax are killing off small shops which cannot compete.
Wonder how many landlords and councils have considered lowering rent or council tax for businesses as a means of nurturing struggling businesses through these tough times?
Empty shop properties are no good to anybody.