Shopping
The main shopping district of the city is centred around Above Bar Street (part of which is pedestrianised), London Road, High Street and East Street.
There are several indoor shopping centres in the area, namely West Quay, The Mall Marlands (formerly named Marlands Shopping Centre), Bargate and EaSTreet. As an attempt to ensure the whole city centre is not dominated by chain stores, the city council have designated East Street a "speciality shopping" district. West Quay Retail Park, not to be confused with the similarly named shopping centre, is also located in the city centre. The Mall Marlands was opened on 5 September 1991. It currently has a branch of Matalan as its flagship store, and in 2005-2006 the centre was revamped By adding an improved entrance at Above Bar Street and a new information desk. The shopping centre formerly featured a series of fountains but these had to be put out of service due to health and safety reasons in late 2005.
On 12 February 2009, Swedish furniture retailer IKEA opened its 18th British store, on West Quay Road.
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“Shopping seemed to take an entirely too important place in women’s lives. You never saw men milling around in men’s departments. They made quick work of it. I used to wonder if shopping was a form of escape for women who had no worthwhile interests.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)
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—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (b. 1939)