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Going up the spout here. About a third of the shops in the middle of my small city are vacant. On line sales seem to have killed the 'high street' as they call it here. Large department stores struggling and closing or laying off staff.
Except for clothes we pretty much get everything on line in Rum Mansions these days.
I think they need to rethink our town centres. More residential zoning, more recreation and so forth.
Except for clothes we pretty much get everything on line in Rum Mansions these days.
I think they need to rethink our town centres. More residential zoning, more recreation and so forth.
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Certainly "bricks and mortar" stores here are taking a hit from on-line shopping. Interestingly, our post office operations were heading downhill with the great reduction in both personal letters, and bills (mostly on-line these days) but has been partly rescued by an upsurge in parcel delivery. Silver linings, ill winds etc. etc...
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One solar flare from turning the ship around Rum. Think they should tax online sales for parity also.
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The whole shopping experience has to change. Get rid of traffic and clean the place up and more fun shopping shops will appear. More terraces and green areas. But one thing would have to change in Britain; scrap out of town shopping malls as they are the death of any town centre.Rum wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:38 pmGoing up the spout here. About a third of the shops in the middle of my small city are vacant. On line sales seem to have killed the 'high street' as they call it here. Large department stores struggling and closing or laying off staff.
Except for clothes we pretty much get everything on line in Rum Mansions these days.
I think they need to rethink our town centres. More residential zoning, more recreation and so forth.
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Get rid of the drunken yobos hanging around the bus station.
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It isn't any wonder retail is collapsing. Went to a local garden centre to look at some garden furniture for the new place. We wanted decent stuff and found something we like. We aren't buying yet as we want to get the main house stuff out of the way first.
So got home and found the exact same set of garden furniture for £100 less on line.
So got home and found the exact same set of garden furniture for £100 less on line.
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It's like looting though. Taking stuff directly from factory to your door. Just in time manufacture was a bad idea but combined with just in time consumerism it is a major accident waiting to happen. I'm not saying it's morally wrong though. Only unsustainable and a fragile sort of thing that wouldn't survive a sudden shock step increase in the price of oil without falling apart completely. Bad news for food deliveries to the hills.Rum wrote: ↑Sun Jul 01, 2018 3:55 pmIt isn't any wonder retail is collapsing. Went to a local garden centre to look at some garden furniture for the new place. We wanted decent stuff and found something we like. We aren't buying yet as we want to get the main house stuff out of the way first.
So got home and found the exact same set of garden furniture for £100 less on line.
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Well, there will still be pubs, restaurants, and offices. I can see more warehouses (out of town) and satellite depots (inner city areas) springing up to cope with the online demand.
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Distribution centers! The future.
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Delivery tubes from main distribution warehouse to satellite warehouses. I worked on a feasibility study twenty years ago for the city of Utrecht. It was considered to early as there would be stiff competition from freight lorries but these days with the massive restriction on lorry movements (they have only access for two hours) there could be a case made for the investment
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Sometimes, the restrictions on lorries is ridiculous. We have deliveries in London where the cost of the fine is incorporated into the bill for the customer.
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London is fantastic!
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