Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult
Those of us who like attending retail and digital-related conferences certainly never have any shortage of potential events to attend. My own excursions are limited a touch...
Read more....I’ve written before about independent online businesses – like fashion accessories store Tesoros – that have managed to carve a great niche for themselves in...
Read more....If you follow my blogs and tweets religiously, you’ll know that I spend a fair chunk of my time travelling up and down the country,...
Read more....With my CannySites.com business traditionally focusing upon stores in the home, garden and holidays space, it’s fair to say that fashion probably hasn’t been my...
Read more....As Poundland gets ready to float on the London Stock Exchange this week, in a move expected to value the business at £750m – similar in...
Read more....Think of a great northern city, and the chances are that you’ll bring to mind one of the great northern retailers that’s based there. Bradford...
Read more....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...
Read more....Though navigating the economic downturn continues to challenge many stores, one of the fascinating subtexts has been the growth of new independent retailers, sometimes borne out...
Read more....As you’d expect, running the Home Interiors Directory (part of my CannySites.com business) means that I get to work with a lot of etailers who are...
Read more....A year and a half after 21 North East stores closed following Game’s collapse into administration, two of those shops – in Grainger Street, Newcastle and...
Read more....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...
Read more....I understand that Gateshead’s Metrocentre is to gain its first Intu-branded external signage overnight tonight (11 July), ahead of a weekend of celebrations to mark...
Read more....Regular readers will know that I always enjoy an obscure Woolworths anniversary, and today represents the 80th anniversary of the now-defunct chain opening its 498th store,...
Read more....If you read the blog accompanying my 2012 Autumn Fair seminar on creating great web content, you’ll know that one of the things I always...
Read more....Waltons, the specialist garden buildings etailer, is a company that my CannySites.com business has worked with for nearly five years now, its ranges of sheds, summerhouses...
Read more....Though my consumer directory business, CannySites.com, showcases home, garden and holiday retailers from across the UK, I’m always particularly pleased when I get to work with successful...
Read more....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....Yesterday’s blog about Jack Wills opening a Newcastle store alongside TK Maxx and Armani Exchange demonstrated that many established fashion names are continuing to find opportunities on...
Read more....Following Graham’s recent article about HMV’s buyout by restructuring specialists Hilco, it is worth taking a look at what lies ahead for this British institution....
Read more....One of the joys of doing a lot of networking in the North East – both via social media and in person, through networks such as Durham...
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