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Originally Posted by Kitty Surprise
H&M is exactly the type of retail we need downtown. It will not only attract the daytime student/office worker crowd, but will draw evening & weekend shoppers (e.g. before a hockey game or concert), and act as a catalyst - attracting other similar businesses to the area.
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No it won't.
If a couple retail outlets were the answer to downtown Winnipeg, you would have seen it turn around when MEC moved in.
Unfortunately the revival of downtown Winnipeg does not start with retail expansion.