Good news for Sunderland as fashion store Utopia takes over ex-Peacocks
Sunderland’s ex-Peacocks unit in The Bridges is finally to be reoccupied, after more than 18 months of vacancy. The prominent Market Square store was one of...
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Putting today’s John Lewis sales drop in perspective
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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Robbs is saved – so what happens now?
With just over a week now passed since Beales’ takeover of Robbs of Hexham was confirmed, details of what the welcome change of ownership might mean for the historic 192-year-old store...
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Could Beales – or someone else – yet save Robbs?
If you read the Hexham Courant, you’ll have seen the extensive coverage in Friday’s paper of Robbs’ impending closure, following the announcement, by the administrators...
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Robbs and Joplings owner Vergo Retail in administration
Department and home store retailer Vergo Retail has gone into administration, placing a question mark over the future of the 19-store business – including the...
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Vergo Retail develops online presence
Google ‘Vergo Retail’, and the likelihood is that you’ll currently find Soult’s Retail View among the top few search results. Indeed, since this blog launched...
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Esslemont & Macintosh – the one that got away
When I wrote about Vergo Retail’s recent acquisitions a few days ago, it brought to mind the photographs that I took back in February this year...
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Vergo Retail – the saviour of unloved Co-op department stores?
In the last couple of weeks, one interesting news story that has been easy to miss is the takeover of the East of England Co-op’s...
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