In regard to retail trade in general, people only have souch financial resources, irrespective of budget or wealth, the retail trade gives the impression that this is everlasting the reality is that any individual or community has a finite amount to spend, so spreading this between high street shops large retail outlets, or retail parks or on line shopping, clearly shows that, use a metaphor, slices of the pie are limited. Shoppers wishing to avoid debt, or credit (same thing), are prioritizing their means, resultant if which is that the example of craft shops will be low priority.
Not wishing to appear callous but the writing is on the wall, or on the closing down signs across windows. The same issues can be applied to pubs, restaurant bars and hotels etc. People are reducing expenditure, prioritizing the important things and trying to weather the economic turmoil, so the issue of footfall etc is simple, but no doubt a hard point to swallow.
In regard to retail trade in general, people only have souch financial resources, irrespective of budget or wealth, the retail trade gives the impression that this is everlasting the reality is that any individual or community has a finite amount to spend, so spreading this between high street shops large retail outlets, or retail parks or on line shopping, clearly shows that, use a metaphor, slices of the pie are limited. Shoppers wishing to avoid debt, or credit (same thing), are prioritizing their means, resultant if which is that the example of craft shops will be low priority.
Not wishing to appear callous but the writing is on the wall, or on the closing down signs across windows. The same issues can be applied to pubs, restaurant bars and hotels etc. People are reducing expenditure, prioritizing the important things and trying to weather the economic turmoil, so the issue of footfall etc is simple, but no doubt a hard point to swallow.