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"A lot of dedication and effort goes into making main streets attractive. Local
governments, planners, place makers, economic development managers, trade
associations and retailers work hard to design, improve and revitalise main
streets. The goal is to make them attractive places to increase shopper
numbers, provide pleasant places for communities, and boost local economies.
Despite the efforts that go into planning, maintaining and marketing local
shopping areas, the people who use these places are often not consulted about
what they actually want and need on their main street. Our research is the
only-known Australian study to ask shoppers about the key elements, and shops
and services, they regard as contributing to the ideal main street.
So what types of stores and services do they want?
Pharmacies are the top choice. Intriguingly, four types of stores/services that
are disappearing from main streets around Australia – the post office, bank,
department store and newsagent – are in the top ten (out of 45 choices in our
survey)."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
