Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult
Since its launch less than three years ago, the private sales etailer Achica – badged as the “members-only luxury lifestyle store” – has been something of a quiet...
Read more....Given my extensive coverage of the build up to Newcastle’s new BHS store in Northumberland Street, you won’t be surprised to learn that I’ve paid a couple...
Read more....It’s not one of my most well-read posts, but some of you may remember my blog from last March about the disappointing state of the toilet facilities...
Read more....Since I blogged about my judging role as part of Stockton Council’s first ever Town Centre Business Awards, launched back in July, I’m pleased to...
Read more....Stockton’s Town Centre Business Awards are a new initiative designed to find and celebrate “Stockton Borough’s crème de la crème of town centre businesses”.
Read more....Since first meeting them at the UGO launch press conference back in January, it’s been a pleasure to develop a really good relationship with the...
Read more....Many thanks to Bryan Roberts from Kantar Retail iQ, who let me know via Twitter that the old Woolworths in Pinner, north west London, has recently...
Read more....Apologies for the Richard Whiteley-style headline and the rather gruesome photograph, but if Mary Portas was looking for another retail-related programme idea she could do worse...
Read more....As you would expect, I used the opportunity of being in Leeds last week to check out the city centre’s former Woolies sites. Leeds’ original Woolworths in...
Read more....Back in early November, I reported upon the impending of arrival of upmarket chocolatier Hotel Chocolat to Newcastle’s Blackett Street – the retailer’s first standalone...
Read more....This guest post was written by Simon Barnett. Graham has kindly allowed me to write a few words on the subject of discount retailing. I...
Read more....This post is something of a first for Soult’s Retail View – a proper book review! Before I talk about the book – which is the...
Read more....It seems that the ‘son of Woolworths’ chain Alworths has two new stores in the offing. Fife Today is reporting that Alworths will be opening up...
Read more....Though I’d had a wander around several times before, today was the first occasion that I’d actually bought something from Newcastle’s recently opened Debenhams store....
Read more....Its interior may be somewhat dowdy, but I do have a soft spot for Newcastle’s Bhs store, in Northumberland Street. True, the fashionability of some...
Read more....Weekly updates on the status of Waitrose at Hopwood Park Services on the M42 have become something of a habit lately, thanks to the regular...
Read more....A few days ago, in talking about the closure of the adjacent Oil & Vinegar store, I referred to the Eldon Square Waitrose shop as...
Read more....An occasional feature in the print version of Retail Week is ‘Good shop, bad shop’, where a retail commentator writes about two contrasting stores that...
Read more....I popped over to MetroCentre this afternoon, and spotted a few things that seemed worthy of blogging about. Millets: Following on from my post last...
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Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 2 – North Wales)
November 22, 2009
Peacocks flies into Tamworth’s Ankerside centre
August 6, 2010
