Summary
According to a New Economics Foundation (NEF) study: "We are witnessing the slow death of small and independent retailers in our local communities.
"A new retail feudalism is emerging across the UK as a handful of brands take over our shopping".See the full content of this document
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Concern Over the Decline of Britain's Small Shops Sector
The study is an update of the NEF's Ghost Town campaign of 2002.
From 1997 to 2002, 50 specialist stores such as newsagents, bakers and butchers closed each week throughout the...See the full content of this document
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