Clas Ohlson bucks the trend as winter ranges drive UK sales up 7% during January
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...
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Mountain Warehouse CEO outlines plans for relocated Carlisle store as sales soar across the chain
The boss of Mountain Warehouse has told Soult’s Retail View that the chain plans to open a new, bigger store in Carlisle – despite its current store in Scotch...
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Coffee shop lined up as Hexham Millets confirms 21 September closing date?
Hexham’s Millets store in Fore Street is to close on 21 September, after trading in the town for seven years. Though the Hexham Courant broke...
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“Stores are still an absolute”: Retailer Q&A with Outdoor World Direct
If you ever needed proof that the present-day high street is about winners and losers rather than the general decline that the media would have...
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Cirencester’s ex-Woolworths: a window on the rise of discounters
I often talk about how the fate of ex-Woolworths stores provides a fascinating ‘window’ on the changing high street, and the ex-Woolies in Cirencester (store #394) –...
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The new occupants of Cornwall’s ex-Woolies – plus one that’s still empty
Having visited and photographed nearly 150 ex-Woolworths sites in the last three years (including 17 in the last week alone) – 50 of which are yet...
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New Mountain Warehouse reaffirms Hexham’s status as a retail hotspot
Visiting Hexham on New Year’s Day, I was interested to see that a new branch of Mountain Warehouse had sprung up since I was previously...
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What’s become of North Yorkshire’s former Woolies?
As well as comprehensively exploring the North East, and making the occasional excursion into Cumbria or Scotland, I’ve also clocked a few of North Yorkshire’s former...
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Newcastle city centre updates – Currys, Cotswold and Clinton’s
Heading into Newcastle today for a much-needed haircut, I had my usual wander around to see what was happening, retail property-wise. In Northumberland Street, the...
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Newcastle’s Millets among the 89 stores to be closed
Yesterday I commented on the fact that the Millets store at MetroCentre was having a closing down sale; today, I noticed that the branch in...
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A busy day for retail – M&S, Blacks, and giving GIVe a look
Today’s retail news has arguably been dominated by Marks and Spencer revealing better than expected results, and Blacks Leisure (owner of Millets, as well as its...
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