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The latest ATLS website was launched in December 2010 to promote small businesses in the Colwyn Bay area. All the Little Shops Colwyn encourages shoppers to visit the town and surrounding area as well as buying goods online was launched on December 6 2010. The site features independent shops and...

Wombourne Retailers Launch Website to Promote Village Trade

A website has been launched by Wombourne’s independent traders to promote their shops and services in the Village centre. The website, called All The Little Shops, Wombourne, is a virtual shopping tour of some of the best independent retailers and services in the area. The initiative has been sponsored by...

Shrewsbury retailers are putting town on UK map

A shop owner in The Parade Shopping Centre, Shrewsbury, is celebrating a boost in sales since discovering she had forgotten to click the button to make her new web page go live. Jen Hawkins of Revive Aromatherapy signed up to All the Little Shops website at the end of last...

Local entrepreneur warns 'One day is not enough'

Following the success of Shrewsbury´s Independence Day campaign on July 4th, one local businessman is calling on independent retailers to continue to work together. Shropshire entrepreneur Peter Riches explained: “this weekend´s Independence Day promotion, organised by Shop in the Loop, was a great idea and succeeded in generating some well...

All the Little Shops helps increase footfall to town centres

A brand new e-commerce concept designed to boost sales for independent retailers and drive more footfall into town centres was given the thumbs up by Association of Town Centre Management members when it was launched at their 5th annual Summer School in Liverpool. All The Little Shops is a revolutionary...

Ailing Independent Retailers Get Sales Boost

With the announcement that inflation has reached a 10 year high, and reports of 2,000 local shops closing down each year, a national solution could at last be on the way for the many thousands of small independent retailers struggling to survive in Britain’s town centres. Their saviour comes in...

Help is on the way for All the Little Shops!

Shrewsbury based BeVivid is launching an e-commerce software package to town centres across the UK. To "kick off" the launch members of the Shrewsbury based Internet marketing company entered their team into the recent Chamber 5-a-side Power League competition at Shrewsbury Town Football Club. ATLS ATHLETICO, as they are known,...

Small traders given online shops boost

A Shropshire man has set up a website to help protect independent shops in the county by offering them free adverts and a way for people to shop online. The website All The Little Shops has just started in Shrewsbury and Peter Riches, MD of BeVivid, the company that has...

Local MP supports All the Little Shops

At a recent meeting of representatives from independent retailers in Ludlow, local MP Phillip Dunne chaired a meeting which highlighted the importance of independent retailers in the high street. "I am one of five Conservative MPs who have agreed to take evidence for the Campaign for Enterprise Commission into this...