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The Rise and Fall of Topshop: What Went Wrong

Parent-company Arcadia’s collapse marks the UK’s biggest corporate casualty of the pandemic. What comes next for the brand that was once the crown jewel of the high street?
(L to R) Suki Waterhouse, Sir Philip Green, Kate Moss, Cara Delevingne, Sienna Miller and Naomi Campbell attend dinner celebrating the new 'Kate Moss for TopShop' collection in 2014 | Source: Getty
(L to R) Suki Waterhouse, Sir Philip Green, Kate Moss, Cara Delevingne, Sienna Miller and Naomi Campbell attend a 'Kate Moss for Topshop' dinner in 2014 | Source: Getty (David M. Benett)

Topshop’s giant flagship store on a corner of London’s bustling Oxford Circus is a monument to its heyday as the coolest brand on the high street. It’s also a symbol of its dramatic decline.

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