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@Oliver Schick
It's a shame such an important destination shop had to close. I would have thought that the biggest threat to them might have come from showrooming and subsequent Internet sales?
I thought Tour de Ville's location was rubbish, though. It was in a part of town I like very much, but it was out of the way, no passing trade, and it never became well-known. To be quite honest, I didn't think Golden Square was such a good location for a bike shop, either.
All of the above points should be taken under the proviso that I don't actually know anything about retail at all and am probably talking bollocks. :)