Eighty-five years on: tracking down the ex-Woolworths in Stafford and Stoke
An anniversary is always as good an excuse as any to write a Woolworths-related blog post, and if you were around 85 years ago today...
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Gateshead’s Tesco-anchored Trinity Square gets ready for its 23 May opening
With just four days to go before the Tesco-anchored retail portion of Trinity Square opens (on Thursday 23 May), Gateshead shoppers are getting their first...
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Sports Direct heads tenant list for Gateshead’s Trinity Square
One month ahead of its 23 May opening, the names of several more tenants for Gateshead’s £150m Trinity Square development have emerged. The most recent brochure for...
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Ponden Home opens in Gateshead’s ex-Bonmarche store as Trinity Square takes shape nearby
Ponden Home, the soft furnishings and accessories retailer, has opened a new shop in Gateshead town centre, taking the unit in Jackson Street that had been empty...
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Hexham store closures create space opportunities for new retailers
While Hexham’s soon-to-close Millets looks to have a new tenant waiting in the wings, a couple of other closures since my previous visit in June provide...
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Mixed news for North East high streets as 22 Peters Bakery shops are saved, but 34 close
Scarborough-based Cooplands snapped up 22 stores from Peters Bakery yesterday, following its Durham-based rival’s collapse into administration back in June. The deal announced by the...
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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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