Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult
On 9 April 1932, Woolworths opened its doors in Monmouth, in Wales. Today – the 80th anniversary – therefore seems like a good time to...
Read more....Twenty-one Game and Gamestation shops in the North East are among the 277 stores that have closed immediately following Game Group’s collapse into administration this...
Read more....While Store Twenty One is about to take over the unoccupied part of South Shields’ former Woolies, the ex-Woolworths in Jarrow – already part-occupied by Store...
Read more....The Indian-owned value fashion retailer, Store Twenty One, is to add a fourth North East ex-Woolies site to its estate, taking over the empty portion...
Read more....One of my main motivations for visiting Redcar yesterday was to get a photo of the town’s original former Woolworths at 19 High Street, above,...
Read more....As a retail history enthusiast, you occasionally come across something so special and unexpected it almost takes your breath away – particularly when that something...
Read more....While out and about on my recent travels, I’ve revisited – often just in passing – some of the former Tyneside Woolies sites that I’ve...
Read more....Back in September, you might recall me trumpeting the fact that I’d visited six old Woolworths in a day. Today, however, I must confess to visiting...
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4 Jan, 2010
Is John Lewis coming to Tamworth?
16 Feb, 2011
