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Originally Posted by garinda
It was the German Christmas market in Birmingham, which featured on the BBC news programmes.
All the local traders, the ones who pay their business rates all year round, agreed it increased footfall to the city centre, but they stated that in fact their takings were down, whilst the market was on.
There's only so much money to go round, no matter how many people there are flogging their goods.
Local traders in towns/cities which had German markets, waved off what would have ended in their tills, as the Teutonic juggernauts, complete with their chalets, headed off back to Baden-Baden, or wherever it was they came from.
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Well whereas it might be great for the Public to have the choice of a different type of market it shouldn't be at the expense of the trades already established in the area, of course the council spokesman waved the concerns away (its not near an election) saying it was great for the area, well not if your trying to make a living it ain't