Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe owner of music chain HMV has branded online rival Amazon “very selfish” as he called for a rates shake-up to boost the high street. On Amazon, which thrived in lockdown as high street stores shut, he said: “It is a very selfish business. “If you take people off the high street it is a sad place.”Do you agree? “I want to encourage more people to open shops.”He went on: “I believe the high street is really special. No.”Part of HMV’s aim to thrive when many on the high street are struggling to make visiting its stores an experience.

Source: Daily Mirror July 19, 2021 23:00 UTC