APRIL TRADE NEWS Retailers seeing shifting consumer behaviour More empty shops in Edinburgh's Old Town Culture capital status boosting Liverpool retail Retailers 'need more help from government' Bath retailers to target 'affluent women' Birmingham Wholesale Markets to move Nottingham shops banned from using A-boards Trader convicted for selling fake goods from trusted wholesaler OFT warned on newspaper distribution rules Scottish retail sales picking up Ebay fraudster ordered to repay £100,000 Welsh urged to cut down on single use carriers Wholesalers looking for insight from retailers Rural retail initiative to help traders in N.Ireland Hampshire traders fearful of supermarket plans Retail sales surge during sunny April Wholesalers affected by late payments Online retailers 'must convince shoppers of internet benefits' Strongest monthly UK footfall rise in five years Retailers urged to turn to eBay to-sell stock Retailers fight plans for Watford Tesco Express Local retail opinions mixed in Leicester More than one British newsagent closing a day European visitors to The Wholesaler please click here Trade News Archive 2009  January   February   March   April   May Subscribe to our newsletter   Go to The Wholesaler UK Directory 14th May 2009 Hampshire traders fearful of Sainsbury's supermarket plans A consultation has been launched over plans to build a new Sainsbury's store in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, after it emerged that local traders strongly oppose the idea. The Southern Daily Echo reports that around 12,000 houses and local businesses are being informed by the retail giant of its plans to redevelop a site near Abbey Mill. According to the newspaper, the high street traders have expressed concern that the new store will squeeze small and independent retailers out of business. Max Whitehand, regional development executive at Sainsbury's, was quoted as accepting that there is opposition to the plan from traders. He suggested: "Supermarkets compete with other supermarkets and a new Sainsbury’s store would help to keep more shoppers in Bishops Waltham." However, the consultation is likely to engender strong opinions from the local townspeople and traders in the area. Meanwhile, councillors in Milton Keynes have this month rejected Tesco's proposal for it to double the size of its supermarket at Wolverton. The decision came following pleas from small retailers and business groups for the council to protect local trade. (c) 2009 Comment on this news story   Trade News Archive 2008  December   November   October   September August   July   June   May   April   March   February   January