The Death Throes of the High Street – Update February 2019 (Ten years on) The BBC reported in an article last Thursday 21st of February 2019 entitled City centres ‘Could become Ghost Towns‘ and it reminded me of a three-Part article that I penned in 2010. “The Death Throes of the High Street” which I …
Back in 2014, Waitrose withdrew from a 10-year contract with Ocado which sent Ocado shares plummeting. I said at the time, replying to a Business Forum board question on buying shares in Ocado, “For those who had shares in Ocado to hold onto them and buy more if they could, as the price was low …
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In the latest report from the British Retail Consortium they state that – Year-on-year, High Street footfall in April 2018 decreased by 3.3 per cent, a significant decline. The decline in footfall in the towns and cities around the country is seen as the latest indicator to the death of the high street. Many big …
The Death Throes of the High Street. – Part 1 By Nigel T Packer (First published August 2010) I have never been inclined to be the harbinger of doom, but from where I’m standing, the facts, and what they might mean for the future of ‘High Street’ shopping seem irrefutable. We are already seeing businesses in …
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