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More than 30 of them on Oxford Street https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/04/us-sweet-shops-rip-off-customers-business-rates-owners
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There's been a few interesting articles on the American sweet shop boom and Westminster in particular seem to be gunning hard for them.
Landlords keen to fill empty stores to avoid business rates liability. The suggestion is that the majority of American sweet shops have complex shell company setups that are hard to pinpoint who the actual occupier is and/or they easily disappear.
Interesting times for high streets which are completely depleted.