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A woman walks past Topshop, owned by the stricken Arcadia group
THE government is facing calls to launch a “radical” recovery programme to rescue Britain’s ailing high streets as the Arcadia Group faces collapse.
The retail giant, which includes Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins, is set to go into administration today, putting 13,000 jobs at risk.
Unite said today that the news is “another bitter blow” for the country’s retail sector which was already facing a rapid decline prior to the pandemic due to online competitors.
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