Retail

Who Killed The High Street?

by

Another week, another set of shop closures.Retailers and restaurant owners complain about rising costs, newspapers publish photographs of boarded-up shops, and inevitably somebody blames the Government. There is some justification for this. In April 2025 the National Living Wage increased by 6.7%, from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour. At the same time employers’ National Insurance … Read more

How Amazon Became the Ultimate Example of Enshittification

by

Enshittification “Enshittification” is Cory Doctorow’s brutal but accurate term for the slow rot that takes hold of online platforms. The pattern is always the same: Each stage involves luring people in, monetising them, and once the monopoly is secure, squeezing every last drop out of the system. Amazon is the textbook case. What Amazon looks … Read more