Along a short stretch of high street in Croydon, south London, it is possible to trace the collapse of British retail in less than 10 minutes.
Start at Grant’s: once one of the country’s grandest department stores, with dedicated sections for millinery, ribbons and lace. Those departments are still embossed proudly on the building’s listed facade, but they are long gone. Instead, Grant’s is now fronted by a chicken shop.
Come next to Allders: another faded department store that was shuttered in 2012 and now lies empty. With their heydays long past, vacant stores such as these now litter high streets around the country.
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