Opinion: John Lewis and Boots aren't closing stores because of the coronavirus - they were dying long before the pandemic

Covid-19 may have hastened the end of many businesses but that is all it has done. What’s occurring was inevitable. It’s just happening a bit quicker now, that is all

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