Yes, but employment figures are at their highest for years. So your headline should read.....'Despite losing 70,000 jobs in the retail sector, employment remains at its highest for decades'. I'll send you my fee for rewriting the headline.
What do you expect with massive losses in benefits, pensions, paying half a trillion for brexit so far which has to be paid back, which has reduced the pound from 100p to 65p and we buy our stuff from abroad. Sky promoting brexshit to wreck the country for its owner. Jail him.
Part of the blame is landlords and council high rents. Retail has to adapt, so must landlords, and they can help by reducing rents greed
Roll up roll up! Get yer daily sky Brexit blame fix here! Read all abart it!!
You have to factor in local councils and over zealous parking fines. They have monetised the streets to the point people feel safer staying at home and ordering on line. Local councils are killing town centres with their greed.
We were so encouraged to shop conveniently online by retailers did they honestly expect us to then hit the high streets too! One has only to look at branch banking to know what happens!
In years to come ,Little girl asks her mum What's a shop Mums reply not quite sure sweetheart, ask Google
Many years of government (all parties) neglect has brought us to this. Our High Streets are the last bsstion of social cohesion before we all retreat into our pods & forget how to socialise. Punitive Business Rates number 1 cause.