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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Over to you – your ex-Woolies pics from Warrington, Batley and Beverley
With Woolworths having occupied something like 1,400 UK sites over the years, the chances of any one person having the time (or inclination) to track...
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Leeds’ “retail soulmate” starts to take shape
During my recent visit to Leeds city centre, one of the most visible retail developments was the ongoing construction work for Trinity Leeds, with cranes towering...
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Putting today’s John Lewis sales drop in perspective
Given how long it’s been since the weekly trading figures for John Lewis department stores last recorded a year-on-year fall in sales, it’s little wonder that...
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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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Woolies spotting in Leeds
As you would expect, I used the opportunity of being in Leeds last week to check out the city centre’s former Woolies sites. Leeds’ original Woolworths in...
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Haldanes not ruling out purchase of “great” Netto Birtley store
When Asda’s sale of 39 surplus Netto stores was announced a couple of weeks ago, I noted that Birtley – a small town close to...
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Haldanes pledges that UGO will be “the icing on the Netto cake”
Following my recent post about Asda’s divestment of 39 surplus Netto stores, I had the pleasure of being invited to my first press conference last Friday,...
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Bishop Auckland’s busy Boyes
Last time I visited Bishop Auckland, the former Woolworths still had no new occupant. Passing through again, I was keen to check out Boyes’ transformation.
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The return of “I haven’t seen one of those in a while…”
Back in September 2009, Soult’s Retail View readers seemed to enjoy my exposé of an old-style WHSmith logo at the rear of the branch in Redcar...
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The old Woolies store that’s gone for a Burton
Regular readers may recall a blog post from a year ago, when I reported upon my visits to the former Woolies stores at Coopers Square in...
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Jarrow’s Burton building – a retail history treasure with a Woolies twist
As a retail history enthusiast, you occasionally come across something so special and unexpected it almost takes your breath away – particularly when that something...
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End of an era as Newcastle’s BHS holds closing down sale
Newcastle’s iconic Northumberland Street is set to see its most dramatic retail shake-up since the departure of C&A and Littlewoods more than a decade ago. The BHS store is...
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Asda’s sale of surplus Netto stores: who gets what in the North East
As I blogged earlier, Asda’s acquisition of Netto’s UK business moved a step closer yesterday, with the news that it has reached agreement to sell...
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Morrisons to acquire Tamworth’s Netto store
The Netto store in my old hometown of Tamworth is one of 16 sites that Morrisons is set to acquire following Asda’s purchase of the Netto UK...
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Newcastle’s Hotel Chocolat is a sweet treat
Back in early November, I reported upon the impending of arrival of upmarket chocolatier Hotel Chocolat to Newcastle’s Blackett Street – the retailer’s first standalone...
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Can anyone remember Ashbourne’s long-closed Woolworths?
While the 807 stores that closed down following Woolworths’ 2008 collapse are well documented and relatively easy to find on the ground, tracking down stores that...
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Familiar discount names in Staffordshire’s former Woolies stores
The more former Woolworths stores I blog about, the more predictable it gets that I’ll be mentioning now-familiar discount names such as B&M Bargains, Home...
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Belper’s fine mix of supermarkets and indie retailers
Following on from my 2009 visit to Alfreton, Heanor and Ripley in Derbyshire, I was able to pay a fleeting visit this festive season to...
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Lewis’s Grotto brings festive cheer to Liverpool
With the collapse of Lewis’s and Robbs owner Vergo Retail being one of the year’s major stories at Soult’s Retail View, it seems fitting to mark...
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