Retail sales, conducted via the Internet are without doubt having an effect on our High Streets, and most noticeable in physical terms, with vacancy rates, now in excess of 30%, stated by Business Life, July 2011, in some towns and cities.
The aim of this research is to investigate the reasons for the shift in shopping patterns, and to attempt to forecast the point where certain town centres may cease to function as shopping destinations in the UK within the retail hierarchy, and the attempt to forecast the over capacity of retail units.
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