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There’s still time to enter Stockton Borough’s Town Centre Business Awards

Graham Soult September 13, 2011 Awards, Customer Service, Personal 1 Comment

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Stockton High Street (11 Jul 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Stockton High Street (11 Jul 2011)

Since I blogged about my judging role as part of Stockton Council’s first ever Town Centre Business Awards, launched back in July, I’m pleased to report that there have been over 200 nominations from the public for the Borough’s ‘Town Centre Business of the … Continue Reading

From blogging to judging – celebrating retail with Stockton’s Town Centre Business Awards

Graham Soult July 31, 2011 Awards, Customer Service, Personal 1 Comment

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Stockton Town Centre Business Awards judges, including me on the left

Stockton Town Centre Business Awards judges, including me on the left

While I was on my holidays, I was pleased to see both the Northern Echo and Teesside’s Evening Gazette covering the opening of entries for … Continue Reading

Choppy times ahead for retail, but passion and integrity will win out

Graham Soult April 05, 2011 Conferences, Marketing, Personal 1 Comment

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Ruby Wax and Andy Bond at the Retail London Conference

Ruby Wax and Andy Bond at the Retail London Conference

Greetings to you not from my usual North East, but from my hotel room in London, where I’m reflecting on an intense but inspiring afternoon at the inaugural Retail London conference. I hope to post fuller reflections on the event following tomorrow’s second day, but I’ll try … Continue Reading

Ambitious Tyne Bridge mall plans to be unveiled

Graham Soult April 01, 2011 April Fool, Personal 2 Comments

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The iconic Tyne Bridge. Photograph by Graham Soult

The iconic Tyne Bridge

The retail hearts of Newcastle and Gateshead are set to be connected by a new £200m shopping mall, running the length of the iconic Tyne Bridge.

The scheme will involve building a new modern steel and glass structure underneath the existing road deck, providing a covered mall route between the Newcastle and Gateshead sides, and affording panoramic views over the existing developments at Newcastle Quayside and Gateshead Quays.

The project is also set … Continue Reading

Why does Stockton have so many empty shops? BBC1 tonight at 7.30 might have some answers…

Graham Soult December 06, 2010 Personal, Property, Regeneration, Shopping Centres 8 Comments

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Graham filming with the BBC's Chris Jackson in Stockton High Street

Graham filming with the BBC's Chris Jackson in Stockton High Street

Those of you in the North East and Cumbria (or anywhere else with access to Freesat), may be interested in watching BBC1 at 7.30 pm tonight (Monday 6 December)! [UPDATE: The programme is now available to watch on iPlayer.]

The … Continue Reading

And while in North Shields… another Shopjacket

Graham Soult June 18, 2010 Personal, Property 2 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[broken link removed].

The focus of the story was the global media intelligence company … 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 … Continue Reading

Getting the hang of things

Graham Soult July 22, 2009 Personal 2 Comments

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!