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Yes, bloody Brexit. Yesterday I cut my finger while slicing a British tomato. Probably wouldn’t have happened if it was a Spanish tomato. Brexit is a menace. I mean, never mind that BHS went out of business years before the referendum. I’m sure Brexiteers were behind it somehow.

The article states that 'since 2016, 388 department stores have been shut'.

The Brexit referendum was in 2016.

Post Brexit, ergo propter Brexit.

I suppose the collapse of US department stores Sears and JCPenny were also due to brexit?

BHS went broke before the referendum, and Debenhams were in trouble for years before it

the department store business model simply can't compete with online

The department stores were on life support long before Brexit. It's part of the general decline of the UK High Street but also failure of the stores to stay relevant.

I wouldn't expect Brexit to make any difference to department store sales.