“ Most people are shifting towards online shopping for a lot of things, including clothing, including shoes, including toiletries (etc).
There are some shops that can't be replaced, i.e. butchers, bakery, cheese shop, post office, banks, but they are a handful out of, what, 50+ units.
There needs to be more of a focus on:
a) shops that can't easily be usurped by online sales
b) activities / things to do
Less of a focus on: coffee shops, charity shops, pizza places (how many can we possibly need?) ”