'Save Us From Superstores' ; Big Chains Make Towns Less Friendly Say Shoppers
Evening Standard - London › October 12, 2004
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NEW EVIDENCE of the damaging effect supermarkets can have on traditional high streets is revealed in a survey today.
Two thirds of people questioned feel they have had less contact with people in their neighbourhood since a branch of a large chain opened in their area, while 61 per cent said the arrival of a big- name supermarket had led to the loss of local businesses.See the full content of this document
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'Save Us From Superstores' ; Big Chains Make Towns Less Friendly Say Shoppers
Half of the 1,000 people quizzed for the survey, for the New Economics Foundation think tank, said they worry about the dominance of the big chains and their effect on smaller high street traders.
The b...See the full content of this document
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