What does 2012 hold for Newcastle city centre?
Since this is my first post of 2012, I must begin by wishing all Soult’s Retail View readers a very Happy New Year! Thank you...
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Newcastle’s new BHS finally announces its presence
Work on the new BHS store in Newcastle has been underway for more than six months, though the lack of any mention of BHS on...
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Superdry readies for 18 November opening in Durham
Superdry – the SuperGroup-owned fashion chain of the moment – is gearing up to open its new store in Durham’s Silver Street at 9am this coming Friday...
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Swindon’s former Woolworths store – past, present and an uncertain future
If you saw my earlier post about the shiny new BHS in Swindon, you might be wondering what happened to the retailer during the 18-month period...
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Swindon’s BHS provides a taster of what Newcastle and Hartlepool can expect
While visiting Swindon’s out-of-town John Lewis at Home, I also managed to spent some time exploring the town centre. The open-air Parade shopping centre has the distinction...
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Newcastle retail in good health as design of 114,000 sq ft Primark is revealed
Interesting retail things always seem to happen on Tyneside while I’m on holiday! This time, I returned from Slovenia yesterday – hence the lack of...
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Radical Dalziel & Pow design for four-level Newcastle BHS
Plans for Northumberland Street’s new BHS store have been submitted to Newcastle City Council, and propose a more radical than expected transformation of the former...
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Next, BHS, Primark, Clas Ohlson – photo updates of Newcastle’s new retail developments
I had a quick wander around Newcastle city centre today, where the new Next flagship store is gearing up for its opening at 11am this Thursday...
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24,000 sq ft BHS to fill Hartlepool’s ex-Woolies site
As I briefly noted last week, Middlesbrough’s ex-Woolworths store isn’t the only one on Teesside to have recently found a new occupant. At the end...
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Recording Northumberland Street’s retail (r)evolution
I took advantage of today’s gorgeous weather, and the fact that I was in town anyway, to capture some shots of Newcastle’s Northumberland Street before...
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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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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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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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One bus ticket – 11 former Midlands Woolies
Regular readers of Soult’s Retail View will know that I have something of a penchant for visiting lots of old Woolworths stores in a short...
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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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Wallis to open concession in Robbs of Hexham
Delivering on its promise to bring quality concessions to its recently acquired Robbs of Hexham store, it seems that Beales has already signed up the Arcadia-owned...
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Big Homeware Strength but Barely Helpful Staff
Its interior may be somewhat dowdy, but I do have a soft spot for Newcastle’s Bhs store, in Northumberland Street. True, the fashionability of some...
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Next, past and future
Following the apparent confirmation of earlier rumours about Next planning to open a new store in Newcastle’s Eldon Square shopping centre next year, it seems timely to take...
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Hollister’s fictitious brand story – does it matter?
I can’t claim to know much about Abercrombie & Fitch’s sister brand, Hollister, and if I did, I suspect it’s somewhere that might be outside...
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Not what I had in mind for the old Newcastle Zavvi store…
When I remarked a couple of weeks ago that Newcastle’s “Monument Mall would surely welcome the arrival of a strong anchor store” following the closure...
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