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
Crescent Link Retail Park Crescent Link Retail Park Crescent Link Retail Park is an out-of-town retail park located in the south eastern periphery of Derry, Northern Ireland. It is just off the A514, which itself is named Crescent Link; hence the retail park's name. The development is located from the centre of Derry City. As the second largest retail park of its kind in Northern Ireland, with a large representation of multi-national retailers, such as Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Homebase, Currys, PC World (retailer) and Toys "R" Us. The first phase was built to the northern side of the development, which saw ten units