Clone town
![High Street, Exeter, Devon, in 2007. A 2005 survey rated Exeter as the worst example of a clone town in the UK.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Exeter_,_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12169284841.jpg")
Clone town is a global term for a town where the High Street or other major shopping areas are significantly dominated by chain stores. The term was coined by the New Economics Foundation (NEF)), a British think tank, in the 2004 report on "Clone Town Britain".