2018年3月29日 星期四

The story of one town's high street crisis. How to bring a high street back from the dead


Thousands of high street outlets have closed in the last decade, leaving behind a wasteland of betting shops. But one community in York has found a simple way to reverse the decline. Could their model be used nationwide?

Could the Canadian concept of a 'sticky street' – designed to be a place that people stop and stay, rather than just pass through - save the British town centre?
THEGUARDIAN.COM




Britain's high streets are in crisis with retailers fighting a "perfect storm" of pressures including a squeeze on incomes, a shift to online shopping and rising overheads.



"There isn't enough to bring people into [Nuneaton] - they are going to Coventry, Birmingham and Leicester"

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