UK retail sector predicted to cut 900,000 jobs

The retail sector employs about 3 million people – but of the 270,000 shops in the UK, up to 74,000 could shut. Nearly 30% of these could be in Wales and the north of England, the report says.
Many high streets across the country have not fully recovered from the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash, when shop closures accelerated dramatically and chains including Woolworths, Zavvi and MFI disappeared.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/29/uk-retail-sector-predicted-to-cut-900000-jobs
http://www.brc.org.uk/downloads/Retail_2020_%28final%29.pdf