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Bridal wear shop and cake decoration shop in Bold Street, Southport.
On a recent shopping journey I was rather taken by the clever siting of these two shops where a certain complementary approach can be discerned. No doubt that bridal wear shops are sought out. The next shop in the parade is a jewellers, which makes this somewhat secondary location a destination in its own right. This means that retailers can operate from here without incurring the high costs of a much more prominent location.


Spot the difference: Hampsons (part of Lyndale) and Greggs - both bakers.
This is a rather unusual set of adjacencies made all the more peculiar by the almost identical use of colours in the fascias. Odd that convenience goods retailers offering almost identical goods would locate so close together.