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On the hunt for ex-Woolies – and thriving high streets – in the Scottish Borders

Graham Soult January 27, 2012 Market Towns, Retail History, Retail Parks, Woolworths 2 Comments

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Former Woolworths (now Farmfoods), Hawick (29 May 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths (now Farmfoods), Hawick (29 May 2011)

With a visit to Edinburgh imminent – which will no doubt involve at least one or two Woolies-spotting detours – I figured it was time to do something with some previous Scottish photographs that I’ve had lurking in my archive.

The focus, then, of this post is the Scottish Borders – an area more than twice … Continue Reading

Haldanes pledges that UGO will be “the icing on the Netto cake”

Graham Soult January 25, 2011 Advertising, Brands, Campaigns, Marketing, Supermarkets 10 Comments

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UGO cake

UGO cake

Following my recent post about Asda’s divestment of 39 surplus Netto stores, I had the pleasure of being invited to my first press conference last Friday, in Leeds. 

Appropriately held just a short distance from Asda’s corporate HQ, the event was organised by Haldanes, the fledgling independent grocer who, as I blogged before, … Continue Reading

From charity shops to factory shops – the latest announcements on old Woolies sites

Graham Soult August 09, 2009 Property, Woolworths 1 Comment

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Iceland continues to pick up more Woolies stores - this one in Hexham was acquired in January

Iceland continues to pick up more Woolies stores - this one in Hexham was acquired in January

It looks like the pace of Woolworths stores finding new occupants may be picking up, with more than twenty new announcements since I … Continue Reading