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Newcastle retail in good health as design of 114,000 sq ft Primark is revealed

Graham Soult July 28, 2011 Fashion Stores, Property 5 Comments

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3DReid's proposal for the remodelled Primark/ex-BHS building

3DReid's proposal for the remodelled Primark/ex-BHS building

Interesting retail things always seem to happen on Tyneside while I’m on holiday! This time, I returned from Slovenia yesterday – hence the lack of recent blog posts – to find that the planning application for Newcastle’s new Primark flagship has been submitted while I’ve been away.

While the news of Primark’s … Continue Reading

Newcastle update: Wooly Minded and Card Factory open; Bank on the way

Graham Soult July 25, 2010 Fashion Stores, Independent Stores, Property 5 Comments

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Wooly Minded, Clayton Street, Newcastle (24 Jul 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Wooly Minded, Clayton Street, Newcastle (24 Jul 2010)

Passing through Newcastle city centre yesterday afternoon, I was able to see what was happening with several incoming stores that I’ve blogged about previously.

In Clayton Street, Wooly Minded has now been trading for a week or two, and indeed features the palette of flying sheep, lime green and … Continue Reading

Card Factory lined up for Newcastle’s Northumberland Street

Graham Soult June 18, 2010 Property, Specialist Retailers 6 Comments

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Typical Card Factory fascia. Photograph by Graham Soult

Typical Card Factory fascia

Newcastle City Council has recently received a planning application for the “display of internally illuminated fascia sign and non illuminated projecting sign to front elevation” for 55-57 Northumberland Street. The applicant, I understand, is the rapidly expanding greetings card chain … Continue Reading

Initial reactions to the new St Andrew’s Way mall at Eldon Square

Graham Soult February 16, 2010 Department Stores, Shopping Centres 10 Comments

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Debenhams, Eldon Square (16 Feb 2010). Photograph by Peter (aka 'Newcastle Historian')

Debenhams, Eldon Square (16 Feb 2010). Photograph by Peter (aka 'Newcastle Historian')

I might have been busy at work at 10:30 a.m this morning, but many thousands of others evidently weren’t, judging from the crowds that attended the grand opening of St Andrew’s Way! Such was the excitement, Eldon Square was once again a trending topic on Twitter for much … Continue Reading