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Shop Local - Every Little Helps

The Friends of the Earth have made a clever video promoting our local shops. The Brits, or British TV viewers, will recognise the cheeky nature of the ad. See if you can spot which major supermarket chain provided the inspiration.
The subject of the video strikes a cord with what we believe in and a lot […]

October 26th, 2007  ·  My Area  ·  No Comments »

Exmouth Strikes Again

We promised you more video from Exmouth Market and we’ve got a LOT!
Here’s the full 22 minute epic as Sami gets to grips with the market, the stallholders, the shops and of course the customers:

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If you prefer to dip in and out of the video then you can sample the awesome Gujarati Rasoi […]

July 24th, 2007  ·  My Area  ·  1 Comment »

Consumer Choice and the Local Shop

We all know that our supermarkets are doing better business than ever. Tesco (and Wal-Mart for our US brethren) seems to be turning into the nation’s feeder, clothing and entertainment provider, while more and more local shops are being forced to close down, especially after the big retailers are now moving into urban areas as […]

March 15th, 2007  ·  My Area  ·  2 Comments »

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