British Find Big-box Retailers Undermine Downtowns

"The [British] government is now questioning the rapid expansion ofIkea and, implicitly, other big out-of-town retailers because theygenerate too much traffic and undermine established town centres. Noting that it planned to treble its number of British outlets, thedeputy prime minister (John Prescott), who is in charge of planning, hastold the company it should look at smaller sites and consider breakingup activities - 'disaggregating', in the jargon of the trade."