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January 2025
Successful launch of new store opening in Colchester today
Successful Launch of New Store Opening in Colchester Today Today we attended the successful launch of new store opening in Colchester. A popular Scandinavian retailer has come to [...]
December 2024
Colchester High Street M&S building set to be sold for £2m
Colchester High Street M&S building set to be sold for £2m This week we hear from Colchester Gazette that they have been in touch with City And Country [...]
January 2024
A long, long, time ago…
MARKS & SPARK’S PIE MARKS & SPARK’S PIE A long, long, time ago I can still remember how Marks shopping used to make me smile I knew that [...]
September 2023
12 Months on What’s Next for M&S
12 Months on What's Next for M&S Today 12 months ago M&S made the tragic decision to close the store on Colchester High Street. Despite thousands of loyal [...]
September 2022
Stanway Gateway To Traffic Hell
Stanway - Gateway to Traffic Hell There has been much publicity about the traffic hell caused by the opening of the new M&S store in Stanway. Many people [...]
Video of Stanepark on the first day of M&S
Watch video of M&S Stanepark on the first day of M&S opening For over 6 months now the campaign to save Colchester High Street has been raising [...]
How Successful is the new M&S store really?
How successful is the new M&S store really? Footfall being an important metric used by retailers to monitor the success of a store, we decided [...]
Silent Vigil to Mark the Closure of this Iconic Store
Silent Vigil to Mark the Closure of this Iconic Store Today. Oh What a Mess M&S Today we stood in silence as we watched the closure [...]
Silent Vigil Outside M&S
Silent Vigil Outside M&S We're holding a silent vigil to mark the closure of M&S We're holding a silent vigil to mark the closure of [...]
Boycott – Declare it now
Its time to declare you're going to boycott the new store in Stane Park Use the attached image below to replace your profile picture on all social [...]
August 2022
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Our Secret Green Mission!
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April 2022
Out of Town Shopping | Does it really work?
Out of Town Shopping | Does it really work? For many years now out of town shopping has been an ever increasing trend. New retail parks opening up everywhere, more and more stores moving out of town centres into retail parks.
But does it really work? Why is there such a focus on moving out of town centres?
Some of the benefits for stores owners are obvious:
10 reasons M&S in Colchester should not close down
10 reasons why we decided to start a petition...
The news that M&S have decided to close their high street store in Colchester has sent shockwaves through our community. Many people have long since lamented the decline in our town centres, retail has had a battering over the last few years and we all know this.
- Online Shopping
- Covid -19
- Brexit
- The Cost of Living crisis
Our First Public Meeting
Our First public meeting was held on Sunday 10th April At very short notice we arranged our first ever public meeting. At the time of organising we [...]