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And while in North Shields… another Shopjacket

Graham Soult June 18, 2010 Personal, Property No Comments

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Shopjacket in Howard Street, North Shields (18 Jun 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Shopjacket in Howard Street, North Shields (18 Jun 2010)

While checking out North Shield’s Wooly Minded, I also paid a visit to the North East’s third Shopjacket, in nearby Howard Street, following on from those in Whitley … Continue Reading

Hollister Newcastle opens 15 April

Graham Soult April 05, 2010 Fashion Stores, Personal, Shopping Centres 2 Comments

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Promo shot for Hollister's spring collection

Promo shot for Hollister's spring collection

Eldon Square’s new Apple Store may have attracted the most buzz at the opening of St Andrew’s Way back in February, but it’s Hollister that’s still dominating traffic to Soult’s Retail View, ahead of its opening on 15 April. 

Since the store’s imminent arrival was announced barely three months ago, an incredible 1,755 visitors have reached this blog after Googling … Continue Reading

Recent media coverage for Soult’s Retail View

Graham Soult March 10, 2010 Marketing, Personal No Comments

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Yours truly in Northumberland Street, with Marketwise Strategies MD Jacquie Potts

Yours truly in Northumberland Street, with Marketwise Strategies MD Jacquie Potts

Everyone likes to be in the newspaper occasionally (as long as it’s for positive reasons, of course), so I rather enjoyed my recent appearances in the Northern Echo, The Journal, and on the Entrepreneurs’ Forum website.

The focus of the story … Continue Reading

An early Christmas present for me, and a Happy Christmas to you

Graham Soult December 18, 2009 Personal 1 Comment

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Cision's 'Top UK Blogs - Retail' page

Cision's 'Top UK Blogs - Retail' page

Given that I’ve only been blogging since July, I was surprised and a little humbled to see that the global media intelligence company Cision has today included Soult’s Retail View at #2 in its list of the UK’s top ten retail blogs.

Apparently, Cision’s list is compiled by “combining visitor, search and social metrics with in-house expertise”, … Continue Reading

Getting the hang of things

Graham Soult July 22, 2009 Personal 1 Comment

Well, installing WordPress was easy enough – thanks Matthew!

I’ve just got to think of some interesting retail-related things to say now. Typically, I had lots of ideas this morning prior to setting up the blog, but now that it’s live my mind has gone blank – perhaps that’s to be expected after being at work all day. Still, I’m sure it won’t be long before I come up with something – even if its only to remark on the John Lewis Partnership weekly update on Friday morning!