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Is the High Street doomed

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HMV's, Waterstones, Oddbins, second hand bookshops, House of Fraser, Sainsburys & Asda, Debenhams, Maplins, Homebase and now I see M&S are scaling back....M&S to close 100 stores by 2022

Can the high street be saved, is it beyond redemption? Should they be given up and turned over to housing, if not, what?
 
Err, Sainsburys & Asda don't tend to be on the high street, and are not going anywhere, just planning to combine in order to grow.

But, yeah, internet shopping is having a major impact on traditional retailers, especially in respect of music, books & electronic stuff, not sure how that can be changed.
 
Spymaster said:
They don't though. More often than not you'll find them replaced with a charity shop of some description or a mobile phone store. Occasionally it'll be a cafe or coffee shop that lasts for about 10 minutes but there's no doubt that independent retailers are a dying breed.
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Or, Betting Shops, but they are fucked with the new rules over fixed odds betting terminals. :thumbs:
 
hairdressers/keycutter and shoe repair. laundrette. Tatooist/piercing. That wiccan shop with the crystals. Music (instruments) shop. Anything else that can't or won't be amazoned in this glorious future?
 
In terms of cafes and restaurants I do think that the independent places are not done for. No way I would open a coffee shop up against the corporates but small (well run) eateries seem to be doing okay.

Keep looking in places like Pizza Express, Zizzi and similar bland chains. All of who have massive premises and overheads but seem to be empty 75% of the time.
 
There are a fair amount of mini supermarketsts like sainsburys on the high street round here and, they in part, have received some of the blame for other shops being forced out because they can't compete.
 
Badgers said:
Tesco shuts its online non-food website, Tesco Direct

This implies things are not rosy for online business as well :(
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Thinking about this, Tesco are actually hopeless in promoting the other sides of their businesses, when they could do that on every till receipt issued, in respect of Tesco Direct that could have included a discount code.

I've never seen Tesco Direct nor Tesco Bank promoted on any till receipt I've had, very odd.

And, the Tesco Bank current account offer is bloody good - 3% interest on balances of up to £3k, plus Tesco points every time you use your debt card, that's worth between £150 & £200 tax-free a year to me, yet they don't seem proactive in promoting it. :hmm:

I've not found another bank offering that sort of deal.
 
I think a few High Streets will survive those in towns that have other significant attractions (not to mention a 'with-it' vibe) where going can be a day out, places like Chester and Stratford-on-Avon are a couple I know of personally. Big cities like Birmingham and Manchester where just going to shop there can become a day out and people will spend more, the places that are going to get hammered are those that meet neither of those like my native Crewe or Burton-on-Trent just down the road from here.
I think their High Sts are going to struggle and retail is increasingly going to become online, superstores/shopping parks or little local centres with a mini-supermarket, a chemist, a hairdresser and a chippie.
 
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