UK high street left reeling as Debenhams goes into liquidation

UK high street left reeling as Debenhams goes into liquidation
Chain’s collapse a day after Arcadia puts total of 25,000 jobs at risk heaping pressure on troubled rivals as fire sale looms

Chain ‘never recovered from private equity ownership’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/01/debenhams-close-stores-jobs-department-store-jd-sports

The big name shops lost forever in 2020 - and the ones that could be next
Some of them had been around for more than 100 years
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/big-name-shops-lost-forever-19526112

Up to 200,000 High Street jobs at risk this year due to Covid, experts warn
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/13621736/200000-jobs-at-risk-high-street/

High street crisis deepens as more shops shuttered for good
Henry Saker-Clark, PA City Reporter
Updated Fri, 29 January 2021, 7:32 am·2-min read
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/high-street-crisis-deepens-more-000100498.html

Sports, outdoor socialising and open-air markets will be the first activities green-lit by ministers after schools go back from March 8 but high street shops and indoor dining will have to wait under Boris Johnson's phased lockdown-easing plans
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9226083/Sports-outdoor-socialising-open-air-markets-activities-green-lit-ministers.html