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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod
Said it before, will say it one last time DEMOGRAPHICS, if you don't understand it, google, it; that's why Accy is dead on it's arse, that's why we have no River Island, no Next. Not difficult really.  |
Not totally sure you're right there. From what I can see, the demographic is pretty much what you would see in many town centres. If the shops don't fit the demographic then why is no one opening stores that do?
Accrington has a very good little infrastructure with free parking and a decent shopping centre but the odd Next or River Island is not going to turn it around. It needs an influx of big name shops to attract more people and if it isn't an attractive prospect then lower the rents for the shops! Anything decent paying full rent is better than an empty unit.
I personally think that it has an awful lot of potential and the only possible thing holding it back is charging rent which doesn't make financial sense at this time. That will be the root of the problem, money usually is.