28 August 2004

Clone Town Britain

The loss of local identity on the nation's high streets


The report that launched the Clone Town survey, exploring the domination of chain stores in UK high streets.

Clone Town Britain

Executive Summary

This report launches a national survey to find out why the places that we live and shop seem to be turning into clone towns. At the end of it we hope to know how far the problem has gone and what can be done about it. Here we illustrate the trend by looking at Britain against a global backdrop, and highlight some of the ways in which interest and diversity could be restored to our high streets.

Written by

  • Molly Conisbee
  • Petra Kjell
  • Julian Oram
  • Jessica Bridges Palmer
  • Andrew Simms
  • John Taylor

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