Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult
In the same month that Middlesbrough-based furniture institution Barker and Stonehouse has opened its first London store, in Battersea, it’s been revealed that another firm with...
Read more....Carphone Warehouse has this morning confirmed that it will close its 11 big-box Best Buy stores across the UK, subject to employee representative consultation, putting 1,100...
Read more....The much-blogged-about Swedish hardware retailer Clas Ohlson published its sales figures for June yesterday. What’s interesting is that sales for the UK are now being stripped out from those of Finland,...
Read more....Happy New Year to you! You may recall that back in August last year (referring to 2009 as ‘last year’ is bound to take some...
Read more....With so many old Woolworths sites being taken over by familiar high street names and pound shops, it’s nice when the new arrival is something a...
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Gosforth Woolies: before and after
17 Jan, 2010
9 Aug, 2009
