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Originally Posted by jaysay
Go on Blackburn Web and they criticize their town centre too, its not just Accrington. There are lots of reasons why Town centres in general are not as popular as years gone by, out of town shopping malls, and it's not forget the good old Internet, I buy nearly everything on the Net these days, I only use ASDA for food shopping that's all everything else is on the net
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I'm not opposed to out of town hyper-markets, just when they're sited within spitting distance of small businesses, who can't compete on price, because of the size, and therefore buying power, of the new superstores.
Especially when the new store seems to have eased it's planning application with a million pound 'contribution' to the council, to be used on filling towers with flowers.
Pretty in the short-term, but ultimately showing very poor long-term vision.