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 Macs to Maxx – three busy days for Tyneside retail
Returning home after a two-week holiday in Montenegro (more of which in due course), it seems like quite a lot has been happening within Tyneside’s retail scene...
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Boyes takes over Bishop Auckland’s old Woolies – could more follow?
When I blogged about the remaining vacant Woolies stores in the North East a few days ago, I’d failed to spot that yet another is...
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Authentic Fossil, inauthentic Newcastle
I was interested to read in Retail Week last week about the accessories and fashion chain Fossil planning to expand its UK store portfolio, but...
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Clas Ohlson heads to CSC-owned centres in Cardiff and Norwich
I’m not sure whether Clas Ohlson’s people are reading this blog, or whether – more likely – the obvious locations for new UK stores are fairly easy...
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Robbs transformation is un-Beale-ievable
Less than three months after acquiring Robbs of Hexham, indie department store operator Beales has wasted no time at all in sprucing up the store...
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Visiting Sutton Coldfield’s former Woolies – one of 300 still empty across the UK
On Monday – the day that The Local Data Company published new figures on the number of vacant Woolies sites remaining across the UK – I...
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Stockton’s original Woolies – and the current state of the town’s High Street
Having missed Stockton-on-Tees’ original Woolworths when I first visited the town nearly a year ago, I’ve been keen to go back and capture a photograph of...
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Confirmed: Newcastle’s Green Market to close in January
Since I broke the story, in January, official confirmation of the closure of Newcastle’s Green Market at High Friars has been rather slow in coming. Even back...
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Peacocks flies into Tamworth’s Ankerside centre
I was interested to find out a few days ago that the fashion retailer Peacocks will soon be opening a store in my old home town of Tamworth,...
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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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Newhaven in East Sussex set to be the next Alworths stop
The BT Phone Book is now listing an Alworths store at 14 High Street in Newhaven, East Sussex – the town’s former Woolworths unit. There...
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Wedded to attention to detail
One of the consequences of the economic downturn and the resulting increase in vacant shops has been the need for innovative mitigating measures – whether that’s...
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The Range fills the gap left by Stockton’s Big W
Yesterday I finally paid a visit – by car – to the former Big W on Portrack Lane in Stockton-on-Tees, having twice failed to find...
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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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The Original Factory Shop in Morpeth – a shift towards more upmarket locations?
The rapidly expanding mini-department store retailer, The Original Factory Shop, opened its seventh North East store, in Morpeth, last week. It adds to the retailer’s...
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Poundland to Poundstretcher – a brace of Scottish former Woolies
One of the hazards of visiting so many places – and taking so many photos of shops – is that I end up with far...
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Demolition underway – photos of Gateshead’s Get Carter car park today
In my blog post about Gateshead’s Get Carter car park this morning, I suggested that “…it seems hard to believe that the car park is...
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Demolition of Gateshead’s Get Carter car park starts today
Since it opened in 1969, Gateshead town centre’s Trinity Square car park has been many things to different people, but always impossible to ignore. To some, it has been an icon...
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Newcastle update: Wooly Minded and Card Factory open; Bank on the way
Passing through Newcastle city centre yesterday afternoon, I was able to see what was happening with several incoming stores that I’ve blogged about previously. In Clayton...
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