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'There are too many shops'

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The retail expert Mary Portas has finished her government backed report into the state of high streets in England and says the sector has reached "crisis point".

Matthew Hopkinson, director of the Local Data Company which carries out research in the retail sector explains why he thinks her recommendations don't go far enough.


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