Shoe Zone CEO threatens to shut 100 stores

// Shoe Zone CEO warns of shop closures
// Over 50 major retailers wrote to the government, urging ministers to overhaul business ratesShoe Zone chief executive Anthony Smith has reportedly threatened to shut 100 stores unless urgent changes are made to business rates.
Smith said that closing a fifth of his company’s stores was the only option because the government’s rating system was in “total turmoil”, The Times reported.
Last week, over 50 major retailers wrote to the