Fightback on the High Street: Discount stores are helping to fill gaps left by collapse of big chains like HMV and Comet

High streets left empty after the collapse of 27 chains since 2009
Five years later, just 20 per cent of shops are left unoccupied
Figures reveal most have been replaced by discount or convenience stores

By
Lizzie Edmonds


Published:
03:26 EST, 4 April 2014

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Fightback on the High Street: Discount stores are helping to fill gaps left by collapse of big chains like HMV and Comet