Britain | Clicks and mortar
Retail parks are well-placed to weather lockdowns
In a post-pandemic world, out of town and out of doors is a winning combination
TIMES WERE tough for offline retail before covid-19. Rising costs and tepid sales growth had squeezed margins; online shopping was filching market share. According to the Centre for Retail Research, an analytics firm, by early 2020 high streets had around 50,000 fewer shops than a decade before, a drop of 13%.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Clicks and mortar”
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