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Clone town

Clone town is a term for a town where the High Street or other major shopping areas are significantly dominated by chain stores, thus making that town indistinct from other town centres. The term was coined by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), a British think tank, in the 2004 report on "Clone Town Britain".

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Clone town

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related to Controversy · 15
Clone town → Between, Chain, Consolidation, DVDs, For, NEF, Prime Minister, Related, Scotland, Scottish, Small, The, The NEF, This, Thus
related to Examples · 10
Clone town → As, England, Exeter, Middlesbrough, Other, Stafford, The, UK, Weston-super-Mare, Winchester
related to External links · 3
Clone town → Clone Town Britain NewsAn, Liverpool's, Nerve
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Clone town → Japanese, The World's End
is a · 1
Clone town → term for a town where the High Street or other major shopping areas are significantly dominated by chain stores

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clone town report towns nef also chain stores high street uk shop thus could shopping retail business example term dominated

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Clone townis aterm for a town where the High Street or other major shopping areas are significantly dominated by chain stores0.90text
Clone townrelated to ControversyThe NEF0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversySmall0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyBetween0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyConsolidation0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyFor0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyPrime Minister0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyThe0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyRelated0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyNEF0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyScotland0.60section
Clone townrelated to ControversyScottish0.60section

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