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Graham Soult
March 08, 2010
Property, Retail History
Tags: Bainbridge, Binns, Coxon's, Dillons, Grey Street, H&M, HMV Group, Littlewoods, Mawson Swan and Morgan, Newcastle, Shambles, Waterstone's, York

Grey Street, Newcastle (16 Feb 2010)
Though Shambles in York has understandably garnered much of the attention for being named “Britain’s most picturesque street” in the Google Street View Awards, it’s a pleasure to see Newcastle’s Grey Street coming up in third place – if only for no other reason than giving me an excuse to use some nice … Continue Reading
Graham Soult
November 26, 2009
Booksellers, Property, Retail Parks
Tags: Amazon.co.uk, Borders, Dillons, Gateshead, HMV, HMV Group, HobbyCraft, Ottakars, Safeway, Silverlink, Stockton-on-Tees, Team Valley, Waterstone's, WHSmith

Borders at Retail World, Gateshead. Photograph courtesy of Land Securities
Mixed fortunes in the news today for two specialist retailers that both have a presence at Team Valley Retail World in Gateshead – HobbyCraft and Borders.
Privately-owned HobbyCraft, which describes itself as “the UK’s largest chain of dedicated arts and crafts superstores”, has reported a … Continue Reading