More than one in seven shops in Britain are empty, and with big high street chains such as Comet, HMV and Blockbuster collapsing into administration, the future of the high street looks uncertain.
The Information Daily's reporter Eva Quigley spoke to Dr Chris Edger from Birmingham City University about how much trouble the high street is in, and whose job it is to save it.
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