SCOTLAND'S high streets have been plunged into a fresh crisis as thousands of shoppers desert city centres due to bad weather and the ongoing recession.
The rise in online shopping is also being blamed for the dip in fortunes for retailers. Figures published today by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) show the number of people visiting shopping areas dropped 8.2% between May and July – almost four times the fall across the UK as a whole.
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