Manchester Arndale a shopping centre, it never recovered. Stocks argues that these factors lay behind the Greater Manchester County Council's (GMC) strategic view that the county had too much retail capacity. From 1977 onwards the GMC consistently opposed further development, and would not support any before 1986. Trade increased in the early 1980s, though GMC policy against development and for retaining the relative importance of the retail centres remained. By the mid-1980s, the trend in retailing had moved from city-centres to out-of-town. The opening of Meadowhall Centre in 1990 added to the retail impact in the Sheffield city centre. The GMC was
Letterkenny Retail Parks also Argos, SuperValu and Right Price Tiles. Marks and Spencer and Menarys Department Store opened on 30 May and 25 May 2007 respectively. This is M&S's first store in the North-West of Ireland. Due to the post 2008 downturn SuperValu closed on 6 January 2009. On 1 March 2012, KPMG was appointed as receiver to Letterkenny Retail park by Bank of Ireland. Construction of the Riverside Retail Park commenced in 2006. It has a total of 10 retail units. The first store opened in this phase was a ladies fashion clothing store, called Wardrobe followed by Donegal Sports and Sony