Tagged: JJB Sports

JJB Sports, Cardiff (17 Aug 2012). Photograph by Graham Soult

August 22, 2012

Does JJB Sports have a future?

Last week’s news that Dick’s Sporting Goods, the US sports chain, has written off the £20m investment it made in JJB Sports just four months...

Former Woolworths (now Peacocks), Stowmarket (2 Aug 2012). Photograph by Graham Soult

Market Towns / Property / Retail History / Woolworths

August 14, 2012

The discount retailers dominating Suffolk’s ex-Woolworths sites

Alongside its new-look Clintons, the Suffolk town of Stowmarket seems to have come off fairly well from recent retail administrations. Earlier this year, its ex-Woolworths managed...

Welcome to Lake Bled, Slovenia. Photograph by Graham Soult

Online / Overseas / Shopping Centres

August 3, 2011

From Newcastle to Slovenia, there’s no escaping Mike Ashley

Coming from Tyneside, there’s little avoiding either Mike Ashley or his continually expanding Sports Direct chain. Newcastle city centre has two large Sports Direct stores –...

An old Woolies? Maybe, maybe not. Photograph by Graham Soult

Property / Retail Parks / Woolworths

March 7, 2010

The ongoing mystery of Byker’s (possible) former Woolies

(UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, it’s been confirmed that the A&S Discount building was indeed Byker’s original Woolworths location.) Back in January I posted a...