Maldon: Town's traders urged to go online to prosper (From Maldon and Burnham Standard)
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Maldon: Town's traders urged to go online to prosper
11:00am Thursday 22nd November 2012 in Local News By Emma Robinson
Mary Powell, chairman of Maldon Business Association, already has a web business
Maldon's traders have claimed an online presence is vital after empty shops hit the highest rate in 15 months.
A British Retail Consortium report has found that the number of empty shops on the UK’s high streets has hit the highest level since its survey began in July 2011.
The town centre vacancy rate is now over 11 per cent.
Although many are pointing towards the internet as a key driver behind the demise of the high street, Maldon traders said both must coexist to be successful.
Mary Powell, chairman of the Maldon Business Association, who runs Maldon Emporium in the town's High Street and Emporium Direct online, said: “In my opinion the future is most businesses are going to have use the internet as well as have a high street shop."
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Comments(2)
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2:52pm Fri 23 Nov 12
If it wasn't for M&S I doubt I'd visit the town anymore, there are very few inspiring shops (the cook shop being an exception which is excellent), and for me its not about parking, I can always get a park dead easy on a Saturday anytime of the day
There Abouts says...
8:50pm Thu 22 Nov 12
The problem, rightly or wrongly, is Maldon's two large shopping centres and lack/ease of high street parking.