Future of high streets: how to prevent our city centres from turning into ghost towns
- Written by Regina Frei, Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Southampton

The past few days have seen a watershed in the world of retail. Online-only fashion company Boohoo is on a spending spree, buying cash-strapped “bricks and mortar” brands that were previously staples of the high street. Barely out of infancy, Boohoo snapped up Debenhams a few days ago and is now in...