With sales plunging as Covid hastens the switch to online or local, London’s prime shopping destination is in dire need of therapy – but this time not of the retail variety
Oxford Street then and now: a photo essay
The Christmas lights are on along the nation’s busiest high street, but beneath their festive glow about a quarter of the outlets are either empty, or housing temporary shops.
Alongside the shuttered stores and building sites on London’s Oxford Street are now at least a dozen shops selling confectionery, cheap souvenirs or perfume, giving it the air of a rundown seaside resort rather than a global retail destination.
