Soult’s Retail View has moved – find newer posts at CannyInsights.com
After more than a decade of blogging here, it now makes sense to integrate Soult’s Retail View posts with my CannyInsights.com website.
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Darlington town centre has charm galore – so what does it need to do to really thrive?
Already boasting lots of character and a strong retail offer, what does Darlington town centre need to do to retain and enhance its appeal to visitors?
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The Lissted UK Retail Top 100: Britain’s most influential retail Twitter accounts
Background Back in April, Newcastle-based influence analysis platform Lissted prompted quite a lot of reaction when it published its list of the 250 most influential...
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Taking the peril out of online marketing: download my slides from last week’s talk in Stockton
It was a pleasure to speak at Enterprise Made Simple’s Flippin’ Good Networking event in Stockton last week, sharing my online marketing tips – on web...
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Woolworths: How speculation about its “return to the high street” all began with a dodgy April Fool
If you’ve read the news headlines over the last couple of days, you could be forgiven for thinking that Woolworths is about to come back...
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Tips for indie retail success at Spring Fair today
In what seems to be becoming a regular occurrence, I’m off to Spring Fair International at the NEC today (Monday 3 February) where – as...
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Celebrating Britain’s new indie retailers at Autumn Fair
Regular readers will know that one of my favourite things about working in retail is discovering really interesting and successful independent shops – whether that’s...
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Got a question about starting a retail business? Ask a Sage Business Expert
As you may recall, one of the many hats that I wear is as a Sage Business Expert. Set up by the Newcastle-based software company nearly...
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There’s still time to enter Stockton Borough’s Town Centre Business Awards
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....From blogging to judging – celebrating retail with Stockton’s Town Centre Business Awards
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”.
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Choppy times ahead for retail, but passion and integrity will win out
Greetings to you not from my usual North East, but from my hotel room in London, where I’m reflecting on an intense but inspiring afternoon at...
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Ambitious Tyne Bridge mall plans to be unveiled
The retail hearts of Newcastle and Gateshead are set to be connected by a new £200m shopping mall, running the length of the iconic Tyne...
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Why does Stockton have so many empty shops? BBC1 tonight at 7.30 might have some answers…
Those of you in the North East and Cumbria (or anywhere else with access to Freesat), may be interested in watching BBC1 at 7.30 pm tonight (Monday...
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And while in North Shields… another Shopjacket
While checking out North Shield’s Wooly Minded, I also paid a visit to the North East’s third Shopjacket, in nearby Howard Street, following on from...
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Hollister Newcastle opens 15 April
Eldon Square’s new Apple Store may have attracted the most buzz at the opening of St Andrew’s Way back in February, but it’s Hollister that’s still...
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Recent media coverage for Soult’s Retail View
Everyone likes to be in the newspaper occasionally (as long as it’s for positive reasons, of course), so I rather enjoyed my recent appearances in the...
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An early Christmas present for me, and a Happy Christmas to you
Given that I’ve only been blogging since July, I was surprised and a little humbled to see that the global media intelligence company Cision has...
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Getting the hang of things
Well, installing WordPress was easy enough – thanks Matthew! I’ve just got to think of some interesting retail-related things to say now. Typically, I had...
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