The future of the high street - its another squeezed middle

Yes, the high street is in trouble.  But something else is going on there which is important for the future - a new division between would-be monopolies trying to sell us everything, and local enterprises with a personality behind them.  If you're not one of those, you;re in trouble:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/04/retail-squeezed-middle-high-street?newsfeed=true