Shoe Zone warns of 90 store closures if business rates return

// Shoe Zone said it expects 90 store closures if business rates are reintroduced in April
// CEO Anthony Smith said the current system is “antiquated”
// Since reopening in June, retail sales have been down broadly 20% year on yearShoe Zone has warned that the return of business rates in April could see it close up to 20 per cent of its store estate over the next two years.
The shoe retailer’s chief executive Anthony Smith said the current system is “antiquated” an