Photo blog: ten shop fascias that time – and the retailers – forgot
From forgotten remnants of defunct retailers, or ’80s fascias that chains have failed to update, here are ten of my favourite shop fascias that time forgot.
Read more....Tagged: Swindon
Poundworld to open second Cramlington store on 6 April
Hot on the heels of its new Express store in Redcar, which launched last month, the discount variety chain Poundworld is set to open another new...
Read more....
Fascia treatment of Poundworld’s 2-in-1 Swindon store revealed
Many thanks to Soult’s Retail View reader Lee Sartin, who has sent in a picture of the dual-fascia Poundworld and Discount UK store that opened...
Read more....
Poundworld confirms 1 March opening for Redcar ‘Express’ store
The single-price retailer Poundworld has confirmed that it will open a Poundworld Express store in Redcar this week – only the third store to launch as...
Read more....
Poundworld and Discount UK to open dual-fascia store in Swindon
Multi-price value retailer Discount UK is to open its 30th store, in Swindon, this week – under a dual fascia with its Yorkshire-based parent brand, Poundworld....
Read more....
Swindon’s former Woolworths store – past, present and an uncertain future
If you saw my earlier post about the shiny new BHS in Swindon, you might be wondering what happened to the retailer during the 18-month period...
Read more....
Swindon’s BHS provides a taster of what Newcastle and Hartlepool can expect
While visiting Swindon’s out-of-town John Lewis at Home, I also managed to spent some time exploring the town centre. The open-air Parade shopping centre has the distinction...
Read more....
As Stratford City opens, I check out John Lewis’s answers to the lack of other new schemes
As the vast Westfield Stratford City opens its doors today, it’s little wonder that most of Twitter’s retail commentators seem to have decamped to east London. With...
Read more....
