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With over 17,000 shops in the UK expected to close this year, city centres must move on from retail

  • Written by: Lyndon Simkin, Professor of Strategic Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University
With over 17,000 shops in the UK expected to close this year, city centres must move on from retailClaire's has gone into administration.nrqemi/Shutterstock

British businesses are under such strain that around 50,000 are on the brink of collapse according to a recent report. Retail is an especially vulnerable sector, with predictions that over 17,300 shops will close this year, costing 200,000 jobs.

Last year, the equivalent of 38 shops closed...

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