John Lewis boss calls for royal commission to save UK high streets
by Mark Sweney from World news | The Guardian on (#6EMZT)
Sharon White says 6,000 shops have closed over the past five years and rethink is needed
The boss of John Lewis has called for a royal commission review into the UK's ailing high streets, arguing that mass stores closures, crime and antisocial behaviour are blighting Britain's town centres.
Dame Sharon White, the chair of John Lewis Partnership, which owns the John Lewis and Waitrose chains, said 6,000 shops in Britain have closed over the last five years and a rethink is needed to make town centres once more welcoming places where people want to live, work and spend time".
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