How the high street has changed in 2020 - the stores we lost, and what the future might hold
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxIt is no big secret that high street retailers battling to stay open have been facing significant pressures over the last decade.
But today, amid a global pandemic caused by a virus that was barely on the public’s radar this time last year, the future of the UK high street has never looked more uncertain.
On March 23, non-essential shops were forced to close their doors to customers in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, which, by that time, had taken the lives of 335 people in the UK - just a tiny fraction of those to come.
Brits were ordered to stay at home, leaving city and town centres eerily empty for weeks.While some stores were lucky enough to see sales pick up online, for others, a global pandemic was.
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