uk retail
Retail sales tumbled by almost 50% over the past three months.
The proposed scheme, which has already seen success in other countries, would also see every child handed £250 by the government.
With lockdown restrictions easing, non-essential retail stores have been able to open once more, with keen shoppers queueing up to get in.
The retailer faces crisis talks, but its floral frocks and bold homeware still have a legion of fans.
"The high street of the 1990s and 2000s, soulless and predictable, duplicated all over the country, is finished." But a new kind of future is emerging.
Footfall is reported to have been more than 10% down against the Boxing Day average
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The new figures have sparked fresh concerns for the future of High Street shops amid a tough trading climate.