Rescued for the fourth time, can Ethel Austin really have a future?
When value clothing retailer Ethel Austin fell into administration for the fourth time in as many years three weeks ago, it’s fair to say that its chances of...
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Heron Foods launches new website and plots further expansion
Heron Foods, the Hull-based discount supermarket chain, has launched a new website as it takes its first steps into cyberspace. Described by Retail Week in...
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Oops! Tesco’s Gateshead mailout sends customers to Poundland
Ahead of the Gateshead superstore’s closure on 22 April, Tesco has mailed details of its temporary store to local customers – but they may have...
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Birtley’s ex-Netto Co-operative Food – shiny, but still a Co-op
Travelling back from Chester-le-Street yesterday, I was finally able to visit – and do a shop in – The Co-operative Food store in Birtley, which opened...
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B&M Bargains heads to Burton – but where next?
Many thanks to Lee Dymond and Martin, who both emailed me about the news of B&M Bargains opening in the former Woolworths store in Burton,...
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Haldanes not ruling out purchase of “great” Netto Birtley store
When Asda’s sale of 39 surplus Netto stores was announced a couple of weeks ago, I noted that Birtley – a small town close to...
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From Stanley to Spennymoor – another gallery of North East former Woolies stores
Only counting the (33) North East Woolworths stores that closed down following the company’s 2008 administration, my quest to photograph the full set is nearing...
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The fight to be Woolworths’ heir
Just a quick post this evening, but I wanted to flag up a well-written and interesting article by Kiran Stacey in yesterday’s Financial Times, entitled “The...
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Woolies Winter Wonderland…
…That was the theme of Woolworths’ 1998 Christmas TV advertisement, in the heady, Tellytubby days when, as the ad reminds us, everyone wanted a Talking Po....
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Vergo Retail – the saviour of unloved Co-op department stores?
In the last couple of weeks, one interesting news story that has been easy to miss is the takeover of the East of England Co-op’s...
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