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I'm sure the UK voting to remove itself from the rest of Europe with the 2016 Brexit referendum hasn't helped the situation. One of the big selling points of B
by jussij 5y ago
I'm sure the UK voting to remove itself from the rest of Europe with the 2016 Brexit referendum hasn't helped the situation.
One of the big selling points of Brexit was the promise of stronger UK borders.
Brexit has certainly delivered on that front with the UK now finding itself well and truly isolated from the rest of Europe.
- rjsw 5y agoI wouldn't expect Brexit to make any difference to department store sales.
- Veen 5y agoYes, bloody Brexit. Yesterday I cut my finger while slicing a British tomato. Probably wouldn’t have happened if it was a Spanish tomato. Brexit is a menace. I mean, never mind that BHS went out of business years before the referendum. I’m sure Brexiteers were behind it somehow.
- robjan 5y agoThe department stores were on life support long before Brexit. It's part of the general decline of the UK High Street but also failure of the stores to stay relevant.
- blibble 5y agoI suppose the collapse of US department stores Sears and JCPenny were also due to brexit? BHS went broke before the referendum, and Debenhams were in trouble for years before it the department store business model simply can't compete with online