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yonge street conidor mr kim said i diink there is a core component which is attiacted to main street weve got to provide the service he said weve got to bring back that oldtime shopping atmosphere because we cant compete with die big boxes these are the things diat could never be replicated at a big box the collaborative approach is part of the gospel according to dan girard pres ident of georginas chamber of commerce during his tenure mr girard has worked to increase membership in the chamber now up to 285 mer chants in the town of 40000 and to encourage cooperation among busi nesses looking to promote goods and services i diink theres a realization weve got to pool our resources mr girard said businesses in georgina have for years watched consumer dollars flow soudi to the malls and shops in towns such as newmarket to counter that trend mer chants must be creative and responsive to consumers wants and needs mr girard said if you can offer smalltown service and know your customers by 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one delivers results like we do to find out more about how to reach your target market and get the same great response from your flyer distributions as these customers call us today liw r- w rf- 1 vwij aw offering interestfree financing but he also believes a more con sumerfriendly auto marketplace has helped the industry were seeing another phenomenon in the last 10 or 15 years what we refer to as auto malls five or six or more dealers all in one compound in york region where you have a lot of growth and an expanding population there is one at yonge and steeles and in aurora you have highland chev sterne acura and mcalpine ford in the same place he also points to another recent trend owners of more than one deal- ership each selling different auto lines you might have one individual who has ford volvo and mazda dealerships probably in different neighbourhoods but once youve taken that step it makes more sense to bring put them all in the same place different buildings sepa rate businesses but one property you didnt used to hear about deal ers having 10 different franchises now there is more common ownership than ever in the past and youre going to see a heck of a lot more of them in die future frank chan of chevalier plymouth chrysler jeep eagle in aurora said more and more companies are looking at multifranchising chevalier also has a honda dealer ship in scarborough and only recently gave up a third line volvo right here in aurora he said they are not necessarily competi tive vehicles its just an investment strategy if one line isnt selling the other one is but mr gauthier said whether its a multiple franchise or a single the industry is booming