Northfield is my local shopping centre, and, to be honest, I don't find it too bad compared to some.
In the Grosvenor shopping mall (at the far end of the modern picture above) at least we have some of the 'big' names - Dorothy Perkins, Evans, New Look, Clarks Shoes, WH Smith & Superdrug - and there's a Boots & Argos and Burtons on the 'High Street'. I did much of my Christmas shopping there this year.
Sure, it's not too pleasant on the eye, and a number of shops have closed recently because of high rental prices, but I've seen worse High Streets.