How do high street retailers adapt?
Next signs deal to host O2 outlets in its shops Save Next has defied tough conditions on the UK high street CREDIT: SIMON DAWSON/REUTERS Laura Onita 25 OCTOBER 2019 • 6:00AM Follow N ext shoppers will be able to buy a mobile phone or renew their O2 contracts while shopping for clothes and homeware. The high street bellwether, which has around 500 stores, has opened two O2 stores on Friday in Next shops in Warrington and Southampton, with two more to follow next month in Swindon and Nottingham. The tie-up with the network provider comes as a string of retailers strive to find the best use for their space and attract more shoppers to their sites. Next already has similar tie-ups with coffee chains Costa and Cafe Nero, stationery firm Paperchase, travel agents Virgin Holidays and Tui, furniture maker Hammonds, make up seller Inglot and pasta bar Gino D'Acampo. In Manchester...