Quote Originally Posted by blueblade View Post
Easy to blame Brexit on stores closing but the Internet and ridiculous rents & rates are the biggest reason why our High Streets have become coffee & haircut zones!

In the next decade I can see lots of businesses disappearing:-

Travel Agents ........ lots of people book holidays online nowadays
Bookmakers
Book shops
Record Shops (HMV)
Departmental stores

I can even see libraries becoming obselete.
If libraries will develop, they will form closer links with schools, and communities to become a community hub. I wouldn't like to see libraries go as they provide a valuable service to the youngest and the oldest.

I cannot see how WH Smiths and Hollands and Barrett survive on the high street.