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The Retail Week: Are store closures the answer to the industry’s problems?

By John Beaumont, George MacDonald, Emily Hardy and Luke Tugby2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00

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In a week when New Look’s CVA was voted through and Carpetright admitted it was considering one of its own, we debate whether store closures are the solution to retail’s problems.

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