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Money Talks, Logic Walks

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Richard Layman
25 March 2004 - 12:00pm

Abandoning the town center, Britain gives in to the Big Box.

"Gordon Brown has sanctioned an assault on the countryside and the vitality of market town high streets by insisting that the ban on out-of-town shopping centres should be relaxed. The Chancellor has made his decision under pressure from major retailers such as Tesco, B&Q, Asda and Ikea, sweeping aside strong opposition from John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister."

Full Story: Brown lifts ban on out of town stores
Source: The Daily Telegraph, March 22, 2004
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