Comments on: Clone town Britain http://geoffjones.com/2007/11/02/clone-town-britain/ Personal blog of Geoff Jones. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://geoffjones.com/2007/11/02/clone-town-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-278 admin Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:33:02 +0000 http://geoffjones.com/2007/11/02/clone-town-britain/#comment-278 Andy I agree, Cambridge has already lost its Woolies. It was just to make the point that the Tesco takeover is nothing new in the UK, I'm sure small retailers felt the same way when the Co-op was taking over in the last century. Andy I agree, Cambridge has already lost its Woolies. It was just to make the point that the Tesco takeover is nothing new in the UK, I’m sure small retailers felt the same way when the Co-op was taking over in the last century.

]]> By: Andy Piper http://geoffjones.com/2007/11/02/clone-town-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Andy Piper Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:24:12 +0000 http://geoffjones.com/2007/11/02/clone-town-britain/#comment-277 Interesting, I'll have to fill this out. Farnborough town centre is being demolished to put in another one of these "modern" shopping-and-entertainment complexes (cinema, bars, and the same group of high street shops) and we had a conversation about this over lunch at work today. Incidentally, though, my wife was in Copenhagen last weekend and commented that they have Zara, Monsoon, Gap etc - all the same old big glossy chains. (and how much longer will towns have Woollies and WHSmiths - what's the point of either of those shops? Woolworths in particular has seriously lost its way, IMO) Interesting, I’ll have to fill this out. Farnborough town centre is being demolished to put in another one of these “modern” shopping-and-entertainment complexes (cinema, bars, and the same group of high street shops) and we had a conversation about this over lunch at work today.

Incidentally, though, my wife was in Copenhagen last weekend and commented that they have Zara, Monsoon, Gap etc – all the same old big glossy chains.

(and how much longer will towns have Woollies and WHSmiths – what’s the point of either of those shops? Woolworths in particular has seriously lost its way, IMO)

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