There needs to be a fundamental reconfiguration of how high streets are used (by this i mean smaller towns, not so much large city centres where a lot of these already in place)
Stores need to adjust their opening hours the 9-5:30 just doesn't work for the majority of consumers. Moving to a continental approach may help.
More residential accommodation directly in town centres.
Car parking charges need to be heavily reduced.
willing and helpful store assistants
To name but a few.
there are certain things I will always visit a place physically to buy such as large electrical appliances etc.
HMV is a prime example of an overpriced and archaic business model that justifiably has gone to the wall. The fact is they had a streaming service in place before Spotify but failed to recognise or maximise it's potential.
Greenwoods was a place I visited when I was looking for my wedding suit hire (almost 2 years ago now
) Poor selection, poor quality & poor service. Instead went to Moss Bros and got far superior in every way. Now, if the Greenwoods experience i received extrapolates then it's unsurprising the way it has gone.