Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult
It’s fair to say that the last couple of months have delivered doom-laden retail headlines of a kind that we probably haven’t seen since the collapse of Woolworths. As ever, though, it’s not all bad news in bricks-and-mortar retail – and one retailer’s doom is often another’s opportunity.
Read more....In the last two years, we’ve seen Poundland-related openings, closures, rebrands and ownership changes. Here’s a summary of recent events and future plans.
Read more....Decathlon has become the latest retailer to announce that it’s taking over ex-BHS space, with its 18,000 sq ft Intu Uxbridge store set to open this summer
Read more....Value retailer B&M is taking over the prominent 24,000 sq ft ex-BHS in Hartlepool’s Middleton Grange shopping centre, with jobs being advertised from today.
Read more....Value fashion retailer Pep&Co has increased its exposure thanks to ITV docusoap Bargain Shop Wars – and is now planning up to 15 new stores this autumn.
Read more....Last month I wrote about the impending arrival of new value fashion and homewares chain Pep&Co – and its first store, in Kettering, has now...
Read more....Few consumers will have heard of it yet – for one thing, there’s no Twitter or Facebook presence that I can see – but new value...
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From Newcastle to Slovenia, there’s no escaping Mike Ashley
August 3, 2011
Eldon Square’s St Andrew’s Way opens today (16 February 2010)!
February 16, 2010
