Why millions of people flock to Oxford Street every single week is a complete mystery...
When people come from all over the world to visit London – they're desperate to visit Big Ben, the London Eye – and to experience shopping on Oxford Street...quite why though, remains a mystery.
But Oxford Street is now facing an identity crisis. It is severely struggling in terms of shop vacancies - recent figures show that 42 out of the 269 shops now stand empty.So what is going wrong? Europe's busiest shopping hub still sees half a million people a day pound the street to wait in a 2 hour queue at Primark, or to gaze through the windows at Selfridges .
Similarly there is now an issue with crime in the area, with Sacha Berendji, an executive at Marks and Spencer, claiming the recent wave of crime is linked to Oxford Street’s demise. Earlier this week saw 9 people arrested, and 34 dispersal orders issued after planned disorder at one of the worlds most famous high streets.Oxford Street is now virtually being used as a hub for rough sleepers.
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