Newcastle and Gateshead retail developments roundup
Back at the start of the year, I promised that 2012 was going to be an eventful year for Newcastle city centre in terms of...
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Metro Outlet takes over Middlesbrough’s TJ Hughes site, but ex-TJ’s elsewhere remain empty
Middlesbrough had some retail good news on Saturday, as a new store opened its doors in the town’s former TJ Hughes premises – following on...
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill saves Peacocks, but ten North East stores close
Today’s announcement that Edinburgh Woollen Mill has bought fashion retailer Peacocks out of administration is very good news as far as the 6,000 saved jobs and 395 retained...
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Construction work well underway at Gateshead’s Trinity Square
It may have taken over a year to get started following the Get Carter car park’s demolition, but building work at Gateshead’s Trinity Square is...
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Breaking news: Bakery Products acquires North East supermarket supplier Tindale & Stanton
A family-run bakery and supermarket supplier based in County Durham has been saved from closure. Bakery Products Limited has acquired the assets and goodwill of...
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Carphone confirms closure of its 11 UK Best Buy stores – so what went wrong?
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...
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Putting Asda’s Price Guarantee to the test – in an ex-Netto Asda Supermarket
Judging from the number of hits – currently 900+, and rising – many of you enjoyed my recent illustrated post about Asda’s Old Fold Road...
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From Netto to Asda – checking out the Gateshead store’s transformation
While some communities on Tyneside – among them North Shields and Wallsend – still have to wait a little longer for their Netto stores to be...
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Co-op returns to Birtley with purchase of Netto store
The Co-operative Group has announced today that it is to acquire the Netto store in Birtley, Gateshead – one of the six remaining sites that Asda...
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Work starts on converting Tyneside Netto stores to Asda Supermarkets
Less than six months after the carve-up of the Netto estate was confirmed, the Danish supermarket fascia is well on its way to disappearing from the...
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Felling and North Kenton – two more long-closed Tyneside Woolies
This is my 200th blog post since starting Soult’s Retail View back in July 2009, so it seems only appropriate for it to bring together two of my...
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Ambitious Tyne Bridge mall plans to be unveiled
The retail hearts of Newcastle and Gateshead are set to be connected by a new £200m shopping mall, running the length of the iconic Tyne...
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Good logo, bad logo – Gateshead’s revamped Wilkinson and Argos stores
Given that a significant chunk of Gateshead town centre is currently flattened and awaiting redevelopment, it’s pleasing to see one of the town’s biggest retailers investing...
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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 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...
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Boyes takes over Bishop Auckland’s old Woolies – could more follow?
When I blogged about the remaining vacant Woolies stores in the North East a few days ago, I’d failed to spot that yet another is...
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Authentic Fossil, inauthentic Newcastle
I was interested to read in Retail Week last week about the accessories and fashion chain Fossil planning to expand its UK store portfolio, but...
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Clas Ohlson heads to CSC-owned centres in Cardiff and Norwich
I’m not sure whether Clas Ohlson’s people are reading this blog, or whether – more likely – the obvious locations for new UK stores are fairly easy...
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Demolition underway – photos of Gateshead’s Get Carter car park today
In my blog post about Gateshead’s Get Carter car park this morning, I suggested that “…it seems hard to believe that the car park is...
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Demolition of Gateshead’s Get Carter car park starts today
Since it opened in 1969, Gateshead town centre’s Trinity Square car park has been many things to different people, but always impossible to ignore. To some, it has been an icon...
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