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Bring back open air markets
2020 has underlined the redundancy of the idea of the High Street, particularly in the suburbs. Do we need the shopping malls that have their roots back in the 1950/60's? The pandemic has brought to the fore, retail outlets willing to constructively approach marketing in a much more creative way. Should it not be possible to conceiveof a return to the open air market where entrepeurial outlets can link with their consumers, integrated with nature, cultural and hospitality space? Such spaces can replace the old malls and with it, relinquish the dominance of the landlord over commercial retail, and return buying and selling to a better community focus.
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Community Member 4 years agoYes - according to local need large buildings could be converted to markets in which traders could rent space (cf the market in Oxford).