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Newcastle’s Millets among the 89 stores to be closed

Graham Soult October 06, 2009 Property No Comments

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Millets in Newcastle, photographed today

Millets in Newcastle, photographed today

Yesterday I commented on the fact that the Millets store at MetroCentre was having a closing down sale; today, I noticed that the branch in Newcastle’s Grainger Street (above) is also evidently among the 89 Blacks Leisure Group stores that are being shut. However, Hexham’s store – which I visited (and photographed) on Saturday – … Continue Reading

Some observations from visiting MetroCentre today

Graham Soult October 05, 2009 Customer Service, Property, Shopping Centres, Woolworths 3 Comments

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MetroCentre logo on empty unit

MetroCentre logo on empty unit

I popped over to MetroCentre this afternoon, and spotted a few things that seemed worthy of blogging about.

Millets: Following on from my post last week about Blacks Leisure announcing plans to shut 89 loss-making branches, I noticed that the MetroCentre Millets store is already having a closing down sale. However, the nearby Blacks store looks like … Continue Reading