High Street retailers 'crunched' in 2008
Retailers 'crunched' in 2008
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2008 was a torrid year for high street retailers, with a growing number going into administration as consumers, faced with the worst economic downturn since the Second World War, simply stop spending.
Many experts fear that what we have seen is simply the tip of the iceburg and that 2009 will bring far more.
Look through the gallery to see a number of the better known retailers that went into administration in 2008.
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