| Well, that will be no bad thing 12:00 - May 20 with 916 views | homer_123 |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52724901
I've never understood why this country classes 'shopping' as a past-time.
That aside, if the likes of M&S haven't realised that shopping habits have 'already' changed and would have continued to do so, corona virus aside, that might be why they are struggling.
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| Well, that will be no bad thing on 12:31 - May 20 with 870 views | J2BLUE |
They should go food only.
The average spend in M&S Food is £13 so perhaps online wasn't considered such an important aspect of their business. M&S is one of the few food retailers where actually going and doing your own shopping can be a decent experience. |  |
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| Well, that will be no bad thing on 12:35 - May 20 with 867 views | Guthrum |
Also, will High Street landlords realise that charging through the nose is no longer the cash-cow it once might have been. With more shops going online-only (distribution warehouse space being much cheaper), hiking rents is only going to lose them more tenants.
Puffing up the notional value of their property (and the loan-leverage that brings) is all very well, but having no real-world income is going to catch up eventually. |  |
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| Well, that will be no bad thing on 14:06 - May 20 with 829 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Well, that will be no bad thing on 12:35 - May 20 by Guthrum |
Also, will High Street landlords realise that charging through the nose is no longer the cash-cow it once might have been. With more shops going online-only (distribution warehouse space being much cheaper), hiking rents is only going to lose them more tenants.
Puffing up the notional value of their property (and the loan-leverage that brings) is all very well, but having no real-world income is going to catch up eventually. |
Planning policy needs to change to allow for the size of the retail centres (and probably office districts) to reduce, and be replaced by residential. |  |
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| Well, that will be no bad thing on 14:08 - May 20 with 824 views | StokieBlue |
I used to shop online using Ocado but often I would pop into shops to get something for the evening. Now however I have found suppliers direct who deliver great quality and reasonable prices and I don't see me moving away from them going forward.
I think a lot of people will be in this boat and it could be a boon for independents.
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| Well, that will be no bad thing on 14:08 - May 20 with 823 views | GeoffSentence |
| Well, that will be no bad thing on 14:06 - May 20 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Planning policy needs to change to allow for the size of the retail centres (and probably office districts) to reduce, and be replaced by residential. |
Or huge pubs so we can have a pint whilst socially distancing |  |
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| Well, that will be no bad thing on 21:06 - May 20 with 708 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Well, that will be no bad thing on 14:08 - May 20 by GeoffSentence |
Or huge pubs so we can have a pint whilst socially distancing |
It’s fine, alcohol kills the virus. Pubs are the safest place  . |  |
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