Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult
In the last two years, we’ve seen Poundland-related openings, closures, rebrands and ownership changes. Here’s a summary of recent events and future plans.
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....If you’ve managed to miss me hogging the airwaves this morning – on BBC Radio 5 Live (which you can listen to here), Wales, Scotland,...
Read more....If you follow my tweets you’ll know that I’ve spent the middle part of this week in Glasgow, taking time to explore the Ayrshire coast...
Read more....TJ Hughes is to reopen its store in Middlesbrough’s Captain Cook Square, it has been confirmed. The move comes almost exactly a year after the...
Read more....Middlesbrough might have lost its Pure Party store in the fallout from Clinton Cards’ collapse, but as some retailers depart the town others are arriving...
Read more....Down on Teesside last week, I’d only really planned to have a quick look around Middlesbrough while waiting for my connecting bus to Redcar. However, I...
Read more....Many thanks to Bryan Roberts from Kantar Retail iQ, who let me know via Twitter that the old Woolworths in Pinner, north west London, has recently...
Read more....One of the hazards of visiting so many places – and taking so many photos of shops – is that I end up with far...
Read more....It looks like the pace of Woolworths stores finding new occupants may be picking up, with more than twenty new announcements since I last blogged...
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Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 2 – North Wales)
November 22, 2009
‘Shopjacket’ brings hope to Whitley Bay town centre
March 4, 2010
