Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult
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...
Read more....On the same day as the ONS has revealed an unexpected fall in UK retail sales during a snowy January, one retailer – the Swedish hardware...
Read more....As you may well have seen last week, four North East locations are among the 66 loss-making HMV stores that will close within the next couple...
Read more....If reports tonight are to be believed, it looks like the 92-year-old entertainment retailer HMV could collapse into administration tomorrow (Tuesday 15 January), putting around 235 stores and...
Read more....Eighteen months on from securing a £220m refinancing ‘lifeline’, HMV’s warning today that it is likely to breach its banking covenants in January and April has...
Read more....As one of the biggest recent retail administrations – in terms of both the jobs (8,000) and stores (767) that are at risk – it’s...
Read more....Clas Ohlson, the Swedish hardware retailer, has revealed that it is pushing on with plans for a UK transactional website, with an expected launch in the spring....
Read more....Since this is my first post of 2012, I must begin by wishing all Soult’s Retail View readers a very Happy New Year! Thank you...
Read more....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...
Read more....It’s hard to dispute that the last couple of weeks has been a torrid time for the UK high street, with a succession of well-known...
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Shopping and lunching in Barnard Castle
23 May, 2010
Robbs is saved – so what happens now?
13 Jun, 2010
Newcastle’s new BHS finally announces its presence
28 Dec, 2011
