AMERICA’S STORE CRISIS

3,591

shops shut by US big names so far this year

85pc

fall in the value of shares of department store Sears in three years

5

times more shop space per person in America than there is in the UK

600

items a second are sold by Amazon around the globe

25

pairs of shoes sold every second by Nike – around 120m a year

£30

cost to patent the Nike logo in 1983