www.bbc.com/news/business-51047334
The headline is Mothercare closing but the article covers the whole high street retail situation.
To a large, and admittedly overly simplistic, extent the amount of money that people have to spend on non-essential retail is reasonably constant and in line with inflation.
So every £ spent on Amazon et al is £1 less spent on the High Street. Why do people find the deteriorating High Street such a surprise? Obvious, isn't it?
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