Soult's Retail View

Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult

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Calvin Klein Underwear and Urban Outfitters sites, Newcastle (8 Aug 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult 6

Fashion Stores / Property

Newcastle’s Calvin Klein Underwear and Urban Outfitters stores take shape


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While the rescue of Newcastle’s TJ Hughes store ensures that the value stretch of Grainger Street retains its retail anchor, work is also progressing well on the...

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The iconic Tyne Bridge. Photograph by Graham Soult 2

April Fool / Personal

Ambitious Tyne Bridge mall plans to be unveiled


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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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John Lewis Oxford Street, London. Photograph by Graham Soult 0

Department Stores / Financial

Putting today’s John Lewis sales drop in perspective


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Given how long it’s been since the weekly trading figures for John Lewis department stores last recorded a year-on-year fall in sales, it’s little wonder that...

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Eldon Square extension (16 Feb 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult 11

Department Stores / Shopping Centres

Initial reactions to the new St Andrew’s Way mall at Eldon Square


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I might have been busy at work at 10:30 a.m this morning, but many thousands of others evidently weren’t, judging from the crowds that attended the grand...

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