Which big name shops would other people like to see in Bury St Edmunds? I know lots of people like the unique, boutique style shops but not all of us can afford these and like high street shops too!

I would like Lakeland to come to Bury, it is in keeping with their other store locations. An Apple store would be good to, it's always packed in Cambridge.

There's an Apple store in Cambridge? You learn something every day.

I'd like John Lewis, Pret à Manger, Pain Quotidien, Borders to come here.

We could also do with a decent bakers. Greggs is a poor substitute.

I'd like the nightclub on Abbeygate Street to go somewhere else. Like the North Sea.

To be honest, there are very few shops that I would personally like to see that would realistically come here. Completely unrealistic wishlist would include: Ralph Lauren, True Religion, Apple, Sevenoaks. There are lots of shops I'd like to see come here which would be good for the town but that's a completely different question

Apple would be good although they'd never come here....we're not big enough and don't have a university.

kt1 wrote:There's an Apple store in Cambridge? You learn something every day.

It's in the Grand Arcade (lovely new shopping centre, done well) opposite Build a Bear (which I do NOT wish to come to Bury!)

I'd love a John Lewis but Debenhams rules that out a decent deli would be nice, there was one in St John's Street for a while but it was absolutely awful.

BSEShopper wrote:a decent deli would be nice

I second that.

Fortunately, Waitrose is in the middle of town and has a good deli section. If Waitrose shut down I'd be scuppered.

A John Lewis to replace debenhams when the free rent runs out, and they pull out of the town for the second time. OR a John Lewis which in turn may force Debenhams to refocus and re consider. ( that is a dream really is it not).
A lot more small shops across all the trades, A good deli, and wet fish shop, and an Aldi. ( NOT a Lidl).
Maybe a couple of outlet stores.

Aldi....bloody *. Lidl is just as bad . Stowmarket, Haverhill - maybe but Bury St Edmunds?

Aldi would lower the tone a bit We've already got an Asda, isn't that downmarket enough