Changing High street

As we see some of the most well known high street stores closing - are we seeing a new high street emerging. Will small independent shops start opening or will the high street be full of boarded up shops and for sale signs.

I am not that surprised that the high street is starting to showing of downturn. We have lived for best part of 10 years in a consumer fuel enviroment. As high streets up and the country were all starting to look the same. Do we need all these shops selling very simarly things and as we are all starting to do more amd more shopping on the internet, why do we need still high street outlets.