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Tattoo parlours, e-cigarette shops take up UK's vacant retail space
Published Fri, Sep 9, 2016 · 09:50 PM
London
TEN years ago, betting shops and pawnbrokers snatched up Britain's vacant retail space. Now, tattoo parlours and e-cigarette merchants are filling that empty space - and there's plenty of it.
One in 10 retail sites in UK town centres is unoccupied, according to researcher Springboard, with the recent collapse of the BHS department-store chain leaving even more space unoccupied.
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