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IS IT REALLY THE END OF THE HIGH STREET? FIGURE TWENTY THREE Currently due to the strong arguments for the online retailing, it’s difficult to draw a line between which retailing system is preferred/ used by the public. Nonetheless, many statements have come forward by business’s suggesting that online retailing is taking over the fashion market, but this is not necessarily the case. The percent of consumers who still shop in brick and mortar stores ranges in age, which shows that there must be a strategy within the fashion industry which brings consumers in store rather than proceeding with the ‘easy’ option of online shopping. 31