Good idea.

It's basically the only idea left standing, weird that the Govt wants to do it that way.

The above concept was raised at a Payments Innovation Event I attended last week. The speaker was a guy from MasterCard and he said it was becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Some labels still retain a store or two with a minimal space to keep costs down where customers can see the clothes and try them on in person before buying them online or with their smartphone and having them delivered to wherever they want.
Only downside was that it didnt cater for the impulse buyers or those that are impatient. One label circumvented this by actually restocking some concept stores with popular stock and sizes and providing same day delivery for metro areas.
A case was discussed where a women attending a wedding spied someone she disliked wearing the same dress, after the church ceremony went online purchased another dress and it was delivered within the hour. the quickest turnaround time for the label from purchase to delivery so far is apparently 18 minutes.
It's actually mind-boggling how far technology has progressed over the last 12 months and what is upcoming in respect to consumer payments. It has made my job exciting at least.

I wonder how many store items are tried on multiple times...like...jocks?! Hmm, think I'll just keep guessing my size.

It's a great concept, but why subsidise the big overseas stores or the big players who like you say are best placed for something like this.