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
Meadowhall (shopping centre) that it didn't disrupt shopping, each area of Meadowhall has been themed to fit a certain style. After the BHS store closed in August 2016 it was announced that Primark would be expanding their store into half of the vacant store along with Sports Direct taking up the other half and that Wilko would be taking up the store already taken up by Sports Direct, this was completed in March 2018. The House of Fraser store has also been refurbished along with the centre as well as Apple, AllSaints, Yo! Sushi, Hollister, Schuh, JD Sports and the opening of new