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Newcastle’s Co-op food hall to ‘cease trading’ on 31 December

Graham Soult December 03, 2011 Property, Regeneration, Retail History, Supermarkets 4 Comments

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Closing-down poster at Newgate Street Co-op, Newcastle (2 Dec 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Closing-down poster at Newgate Street Co-op, Newcastle (2 Dec 2011)

Newcastle city centre’s Co-op supermarket is to close down this month, bringing to an end nearly a century-and-a-half of Co-operative presence in Newgate Street. Posters in the windows and instore – which I spotted while passing by yesterday – reveal that the store will ‘cease trading as a Co-operative’ at 6pm on New Year’s Eve (31 … Continue Reading

Has Britain fallen out of love with Tesco?

Graham Soult October 05, 2011 Brands, Campaigns, Economy, Financial, Overseas, Supermarkets 4 Comments

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Tesco in Eger, Hungary (15 Jul 2006). Photograph by Graham Soult

Tesco in Eger, Hungary (15 Jul 2006)

Today’s release of fairly weak UK trading figures from Tesco – where like-for-like sales, excluding petrol and VAT, fell by 0.5% in the first half of the year – has unsurprisingly prompted much media discussion, both about Tesco specifically and the state of the … Continue Reading

Updates on Newcastle city centre’s new Tescos

Graham Soult January 30, 2010 Property, Shopping Centres, Supermarkets 1 Comment

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Tesco Metro, Clayton Street (30 Jan 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Tesco Metro, Clayton Street (30 Jan 2010)

Heavy overnight snow provided a good excuse to take a walk into Newcastle today, rather than trying to drive anywhere further afield. It was also an opportunity to see what was happening with Newcastle’s two new city centre Tescos.

The internal fit-out of the Tesco Metro in Clayton Street – part of the … Continue Reading

Newcastle gets Hollister, Tesco Express, new Next

Graham Soult January 19, 2010 Property, Shopping Centres 8 Comments

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Debenhams, Eldon Square South. Photograph by Graham Soult

Debenhams, Eldon Square South

A few interesting titbits of Newcastle retail news ahead of the opening of Eldon Square South – St Andrew’s Way – on 16 February. Anchored by a new Debenhams store, Eldon Square South is of interest beyond Tyneside as one of only a handful of major retail developments to be opening in the UK during 2010. 

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