Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult
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....As you may well have seen last week, four North East locations are among the 66 loss-making HMV stores that will close within the next couple...
Read more....If one theme has emerged clearly from my Retailer Q&A series to date, it’s that modern retail businesses can’t really afford to ignore the Internet: whether...
Read more....If reports tonight are to be believed, it looks like the 92-year-old entertainment retailer HMV could collapse into administration tomorrow (Tuesday 15 January), putting around 235 stores and...
Read more....Since its launch less than three years ago, the private sales etailer Achica – badged as the “members-only luxury lifestyle store” – has been something of a quiet...
Read more....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...
Read more....One of the nice things about running my own architecture subject gateway, Sapling.info, is that I get the opportunity to read about plenty of interesting buildings and places. Earlier...
Read more....Mixed fortunes in the news today for two specialist retailers that both have a presence at Team Valley Retail World in Gateshead – HobbyCraft and Borders. Privately-owned HobbyCraft,...
Read more....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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New Alworths stores for Newark and Maidenhead
October 29, 2010
August 7, 2009
