In the town where i live, shops, pubs, restuarants etc seem to appear and then close down very quickly these days.
what will our town/city centres be like in the future?
2006-10-19 00:31:34 · 6 answers · asked by brainlady 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Small shops will continue to survive as trendy boutique specialty shops. The rest will be chain stores. Big mega businesses will control all of the "basics". It will be more standardized and boring.
2006-10-19 00:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by Isis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
High business rates and masses of employment and health and safety legislation make most independent retail premises inviable.
There is unlikely to be an arrest of the trend towards look alike high streets populated by the national chains.
2006-10-19 07:45:01 · answer #2 · answered by Clive 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They say what goes around comes around but I think we are along way off them having the status and appeal they used to have
2006-10-19 07:33:56 · answer #3 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like there just isnt the right audience for the shops to last. I have not noticed this trend anywhere else............................
2006-10-19 07:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by Zinc 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
either banking, finance or expensive cafe bars!
2006-10-19 07:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by simes 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
????(yea...2points for me)lol
2006-10-19 07:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by J.t'sgurl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋