Tagged: Asda

Netto store in Gateshead. Photograph by Graham Soult

January 13, 2011

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...

Retail History / Supermarkets

January 13, 2011

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...

Poundland store, Gateshead (21 Sep 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Fashion Stores / Footwear / Property / Shopping Centres / Variety Stores

September 24, 2010

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...

Retail History / Woolworths

June 22, 2010

The ghosts of Washington’s former Woolworths

Back in February, I blogged about the former Woolworths store in Sunderland’s Fawcett Street, which closed in 2004 following its acquisition by Primark. At the...

Former Woolworths (now Primark), Sunderland (21 Nov 2009). Photograph by Graham Soult

Department Stores / Retail History / Supermarkets / Woolworths

February 14, 2010

Sunderland’s old Woolies – a survivor almost to the end

In an earlier post, I talked about some of the large, city centre Woolworths stores – such as the branches on Newcastle’s Northumberland Street and Sheffield’s...