SHOPPING centre bosses are launching a search for the next big thing in retailing.
The Mall Blackburn is among the centres taking part in the nationwide Make Your Mark in retail contest.
Winners are given six months rent-free trade in one of the participating venues.
Loraine Jones, general manager of The Mall Blackburn, said: “There is no other competition of this sort available to budding retail entrepreneurs.”
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