Deletion of List of clothing and footwear shops in the United Kingdom

Comment: We wouldn't expect a list like this to be complete as that would tend to make it a directory.  Readers will expect a list of the famous and notable cases such as Marks and Spencer and C. & J. Clark|Clarks.  These are best done as a list rather than a category because citations can support the entries, red links can be used for missing entries, images can be added and so forth.  In any case  makes it very clear that we don't delete lists to favour categories
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates (WP:CLN)

Comment: A list of shops violates  - most of the shops listed have a single branch, are in no way notable, and this lead us into phone book territory. A list of retail chains might be appropriate where each chain has its own article, but this isn't that
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIR)

Comment: valid 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:LISTN)