Heron Foods launches new website and plots further expansion
Heron Foods, the Hull-based discount supermarket chain, has launched a new website as it takes its first steps into cyberspace. Described by Retail Week in...
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The missing wow factor behind Clintons’ collapse
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...
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Woolies spotting in Somerset: a cinema, a bank, a hardware store and a fashion discounter
With a visit to Taunton on the schedule for later this month, it seems an appropriate time to write about the Somerset ex-Woolworths stores that I’ve already...
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Twenty-one North East stores close immediately as Game collapses
Twenty-one Game and Gamestation shops in the North East are among the 277 stores that have closed immediately following Game Group’s collapse into administration this...
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Clas Ohlson pushes social media and confirms UK transactional website launch
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....
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Superdry readies for 18 November opening in Durham
Superdry – the SuperGroup-owned fashion chain of the moment – is gearing up to open its new store in Durham’s Silver Street at 9am this coming Friday...
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The Spanish indie retailer with a North East design connection
Many of you will have seen my retail column in the Bdaily last week, where I discussed some of the key ingredients that help to make a...
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Interview: Isabel Macdonald, Branch Manager, John Lewis at Home Tamworth
Tamworth’s new John Lewis at Home opened its doors on Wednesday (12 October), eight months after I broke the news of its impending arrival. The 42,000 sq ft...
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Marketing push ahead of Clas Ohlson’s Newcastle opening
Everything seems to be gearing up nicely for the opening of Newcastle’s Clas Ohlson store, just two weeks today on Wednesday 24 August. The Northumberland...
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From Newcastle to Slovenia, there’s no escaping Mike Ashley
Coming from Tyneside, there’s little avoiding either Mike Ashley or his continually expanding Sports Direct chain. Newcastle city centre has two large Sports Direct stores –...
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As Clas Ohlson pledges “long-term commitment” to UK, I check out the Leeds store
Things have been pretty quiet on the Clas Ohlson front since the Swedish hardware retailer announced the latest stage of its UK expansion, back in...
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Shop Direct’s move to protect the Woolies brand – Wellworth the bad press?
Last week’s news that the celebrated Wellworths store, in Dorchester, is being forced to change its name by Shop Direct reignites one of the most interesting threads...
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Price slashing can be a recipe for disaster
This guest post was written by Simon Barnett. Graham has kindly allowed me to write a few words on the subject of discount retailing. I...
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From eBay to e-commerce
This guest post was written by Rob Watson. Graham has allowed me to hijack his blog to throw in my perspective of retail on the...
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Retail Doctor’s guide is a tonic for indie retailers, albeit with a US flavour
This post is something of a first for Soult’s Retail View – a proper book review! Before I talk about the book – which is the...
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Vergo Retail develops online presence
Google ‘Vergo Retail’, and the likelihood is that you’ll currently find Soult’s Retail View among the top few search results. Indeed, since this blog launched...
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The fight to be Woolworths’ heir
Just a quick post this evening, but I wanted to flag up a well-written and interesting article by Kiran Stacey in yesterday’s Financial Times, entitled “The...
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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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Nice Tucci you again
Wandering along Newcastle’s Grainger Street yesterday afternoon, I was quite surprised to see that the old Tucci fashion store – which closed down probably several...
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Retailers needs a web presence that informs and inspires
I was quite chuffed, this morning, to have a short article on web usability published in The Journal. Much of what I wrote is, or...
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