Store owners on Charlotte Street are calling for Clothes Street vending to be stopped or at least controlled. They are saying it is unfair to allow clothes vendors to compete on the same level as them since their rents are higher.

Speaking with news power today, many store owners see street vending as an interruption to their business operations and consider it unfair for street vendors to compete with them on the same level.

The store owners are saying they are sympathetic with the street vendors but the system needs to be structured so that both groups benefit fully.

Another observation made by some store owners is the increase in operations and imported items by many street vendors.