Beales opening in Perth shows that the department store isn’t yet dead
The news that Beales is to take over the ex-McEwens department store site in Perth, with an expected opening in November, was a surprise on various levels.
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Exclusive: Booths takes first steps into North East with own-label product range in Fenwick Newcastle
Shoppers in the North East can access Booths-branded products for the first time, after a small range appeared in the Food Hall of Fenwick in Newcastle.
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Days department store in the ex-BHS in Carmarthen: what we know so far
More details are emerging about the new Days department store concept planned by EWM Group for Carmarthen’s former BHS. So, what do we know so far?
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Sandersons in Sheffield has reinvented the department store – and the results are stunning
It’s a few weeks since I trailed the opening of Sandersons in Sheffield, and having visited the department store for its launch, it doesn’t disappoint.
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As Sandersons opens in Sheffield, what should a successful independent department store look like?
What qualities have allowed stores like Rutherford’s, Barkers and Browns to thrive? New independent department store Sandersons offers some clues.
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Why Sheffield’s 144,000 sq ft Fox Valley scheme is quietly transforming the Yorkshire retail landscape
Retail development firm Dransfield invited me to visit its Fox Valley scheme in Sheffield, see the progress, and hear the latest on its plans and lettings.
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Fenwick Newcastle’s autumn window impresses – but WHSmith opposite falls short
Newcastle’s iconic Fenwick department store is rightly known for its annual Christmas window – which can’t, scarily, be very far off making its appearance for 2013....
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Good news for Sunderland as fashion store Utopia takes over ex-Peacocks
Sunderland’s ex-Peacocks unit in The Bridges is finally to be reoccupied, after more than 18 months of vacancy. The prominent Market Square store was one of...
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North East stores invade London as Metro Outlet heads to Croydon’s ex-Allders
In the same month that Middlesbrough-based furniture institution Barker and Stonehouse has opened its first London store, in Battersea, it’s been revealed that another firm with...
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“The high street needs to adapt and evolve”: Retailer Q&A with Havens department store
The traditional, independent department store has been a fixture of the British high street for generations – yet look around, and you could be forgiven for...
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Now Lincolnshire Co-op is to exit non-food – but a “bright future” under new ownership is promised
Just one week after Midlands Co-op announced the closure of its department stores, Lincolnshire Co-op has revealed that it too is to exit non-food.
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As eight Midlands Co-op department stores face closure, what might the future hold?
Midlands Co-op has become the latest co-operative society to exit non-food, with its announcement today that eight Fashion & Home department stores are to close within...
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New Jacques Vert concession launched as Tamworth Co-op’s department store looks to the future
Tamworth shoppers now have access to a raft of Jacques Vert Group womenswear brands, following the opening of a new upmarket outlet concession in the...
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Middlesbrough’s TJ Hughes confirms 3 October reopening date – with Birkenhead to follow
TJ Hughes, the discount department store chain, has announced that its Middlesbrough store will reopen next week, at 10am on Wednesday 3 October. Under the heading...
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Carlisle’s Hoopers bids “a fond farewell” on its final day of trading
Hoopers, the upmarket Carlisle department store whose closure was announced in May, is to finally shut at the close of trade today (Saturday 25 August)....
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Lichfield gets a boost as Debenhams takes over city’s ex-TJ Hughes
The confirmation that Debenhams will be opening up in Lichfield’s former TJ Hughes store in March 2013 is great news for the city, and should give...
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Still hope for Hoopers Carlisle as talks continue
Talks that could result in the rescue of Hoopers department store in Carlisle are still ongoing, I understand, three months on from the announcement of...
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Breaking news: TJ Hughes to return to Middlesbrough as Metro Outlet makes way
TJ Hughes is to reopen its store in Middlesbrough’s Captain Cook Square, it has been confirmed. The move comes almost exactly a year after the...
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The closure of Hoopers department store in Carlisle, and what might replace it
The recent news that Hoopers in Carlisle is to close is clearly a disappointing development for the city, but it’s also very sad for anyone – like me...
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Celebrating Britain’s indie department stores: Atkinsons, Banburys and Barkers
Among all the retail gloom that the newspapers seem to like writing about, it was refreshing to read last week that Browns of York is to...
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