Quote Bilko="Bilko"No local shops in the town centre - because people would rather give money to american vermin companies like starbucks instead!'"
There is absolutely nothing whatsoever stopping the staff members or individual branch managers decorating their shop windows. Working for a corporate doesnt automatically dissolve your brain. And in any case, by the time the area managers - who may object - get around t finding out, the event has been and gone. No excuses, people - GET IT DONE!
If I was the top man at said corporate chains, I would 100% advocate a little support for local events at local level. After all, local people shop there, don't they?