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Originally Posted by Damien

I think this is something else. This isn't just an issue with having one of those shops but how many they are and how fleeting they exist in vacant units before disappearing again.

London rent is expensive. You have these American candy shops more commonly appear than a Pret or Starbucks does and no one is ever in them.

Private Eye did a piece on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comm...ouvenir_shops/

Something weird is going on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GrH_PRKsf4