http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/ Blogging about shops, by North East retail consultant and analyst Graham Soult Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:01:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Robbs and Joplings owner Vergo Retail in administration Tue, 11 May 2010 00:25:04 +0000 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/?p=22#comment-1764 [...] As regular readers of Soult’s Retail View will know, Vergo Retail had an acquisitive 2009, snapping up a succession of closure threatened Co-op department and home stores. These were added to the portfolio of three large department stores – Robbs, Joplings and [...] [...] As regular readers of Soult’s Retail View will know, Vergo Retail had an acquisitive 2009, snapping up a succession of closure threatened Co-op department and home stores. These were added to the portfolio of three large department stores – Robbs, Joplings and [...]

]]> http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Bishop Auckland bustles, despite its empty Woolies Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:00:55 +0000 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/?p=22#comment-1040 [...] the Westgate Department Stores brand by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society (ARCS). As I’ve mentioned before, Bishop Auckland’s Co-op department store was one of three North East shops rescued by ARCS [...] [...] the Westgate Department Stores brand by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society (ARCS). As I’ve mentioned before, Bishop Auckland’s Co-op department store was one of three North East shops rescued by ARCS [...]

]]> http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Vergo Retail develops online presence Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:15:03 +0000 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/?p=22#comment-849 [...] ‘Vergo Retail’, and the likelihood is that you’ll currently find Soult’s Retail View among the top few search results. Indeed, since this blog launched in July, five of the top ten [...] [...] ‘Vergo Retail’, and the likelihood is that you’ll currently find Soult’s Retail View among the top few search results. Indeed, since this blog launched in July, five of the top ten [...]

]]> http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Next, past and future Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:24:25 +0000 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/?p=22#comment-451 [...] know is that the story has a neat, if slightly tenuous, link to a building mentioned briefly in one of my first blog posts – Murton House, in Grainger Street. Having housed the Henry A Murton department store from [...] [...] know is that the story has a neat, if slightly tenuous, link to a building mentioned briefly in one of my first blog posts – Murton House, in Grainger Street. Having housed the Henry A Murton department store from [...]

]]> http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Tamworth Market: the worst street market in Britain? Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:52:53 +0000 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/?p=22#comment-270 [...] maintain its position at the very heart of the town’s shopping experience at the same time as other regional Co-ops have exited non-food all together. Co-op department store, Tamworth (19 Sep [...] [...] maintain its position at the very heart of the town’s shopping experience at the same time as other regional Co-ops have exited non-food all together. Co-op department store, Tamworth (19 Sep [...]

]]> http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Photos from the 90s – Sheffield’s Castle House Co-op department store Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:58:36 +0000 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/?p=22#comment-53 [...] I’ve written before, in a blog about the fate of Co-op department stores nationally, Sheffield Co-op’s merger with United Co-op, which then merged in turn with the larger [...] [...] I’ve written before, in a blog about the fate of Co-op department stores nationally, Sheffield Co-op’s merger with United Co-op, which then merged in turn with the larger [...]

]]> http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Vergo rebranding riddle continues Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:56:09 +0000 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/?p=22#comment-20 [...] readers may recall my post from last month, where I queried how the former East of England Co-op department stores might be rebranded [...] [...] readers may recall my post from last month, where I queried how the former East of England Co-op department stores might be rebranded [...]

]]> http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/23/vergo-retail-the-saviour-of-unloved-co-op-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Soult's Retail View» Blog Archive » Esslemont & Macintosh – the one that got away Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:42:19 +0000 http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/?p=22#comment-3 [...] I wrote about Vergo Retail’s recent acquisitions a few days ago, it brought to mind the photographs that I took back in February this year of the [...] [...] I wrote about Vergo Retail’s recent acquisitions a few days ago, it brought to mind the photographs that I took back in February this year of the [...]

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