Bath used to be a haven for independents but sadly the rents and business rates have gone through the roof so it’s unviable for startups, until the council (they own most of the buildings I believe in New Bond St) lower the rents on the upper end of town it will remain empty. There are still some great independents hanging on, Boho, Maze, Porter, & it does have Whistles, Jigsaw, Anthropologie, Kooples, Ted Baker, Comptoir, Hobbs, Cos, Hilfiger, H&M, M&S, Crew, TkMaxx, Mulberry, Toast….
So not all bad but it would certainly benefit from a Zara, Massimo Dutti, John Lewis (please move into Debenhams) and to get back to the good old days, it needs more independents moving back in… the council should see this as a priority..