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Goodbye to Oil & Vinegar in Newcastle’s Eldon Square

Graham Soult January 06, 2010 Property, Shopping Centres, Specialist Retailers 2 Comments

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The empty Oil & Vinegar store this evening (6 Jan 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

The empty Oil & Vinegar store this evening (6 Jan 2010)

After work, I trudged through the snow to the delightful Eldon Square Waitrose this evening, though not before giving the store a call to check that it was opening its normal hours. It was, though quite a few shops en route had signs in their windows … Continue Reading

Woolworths to make a high street return?

Graham Soult November 23, 2009 Brands, Property, Woolworths 2 Comments

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Vacant former Woolworths store

Vacant former Woolworths store

An interesting story in today’s Times about what it claims is Shop Direct’s plan to “bring Woolworths back to the high street”, with “room for up to 200 stores under the famous red fascia”.

Of course, some might well claim that Woolworths has already been brought back to the high street in the form of … Continue Reading