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....If you like looking at shops and high streets, going on holiday to north west Sutherland, in Scotland – as I did earlier this month – isn’t...
Read more....Headlines: 214 ex-Woolworths stores visited, out of the 807 that closed following its collapse Of those, only 12 currently empty (6%) 7 continually empty (3%)...
Read more....I suspect it will have passed the townsfolk by, but today – 13 August – is the 85th anniversary of Woolworths opening in the County Durham...
Read more....Having visited and photographed nearly 150 ex-Woolworths sites in the last three years (including 17 in the last week alone) – 50 of which are yet...
Read more....In recent weeks, new developments in Newcastle, the collapse of TJ Hughes and the ongoing conversion of ex-Netto stores have given me plenty of topics...
Read more....Back in February I featured a batch of readers’ ex-Woolies pics, showcasing the former stores in Warrington (now Poundland), Batley (JBM Bargains) and Beverley (Boots)....
Read more....Many thanks to Lee Dymond and Martin, who both emailed me about the news of B&M Bargains opening in the former Woolworths store in Burton,...
Read more....Imagine a small town whose Woolworths opened in the 1930s, closed in the 1970s, and is now occupied by Boots. A town where, even all those...
Read more....As well as comprehensively exploring the North East, and making the occasional excursion into Cumbria or Scotland, I’ve also clocked a few of North Yorkshire’s former...
Read more....In between touring the East Midlands, travelling up to Berwick, and stopping off in Horley on my way out the country, I also found time this...
Read more....During the summer, I’ve built up a veritable stack of photos of old Woolworths stores, from all kinds of places across the UK – not...
Read more....When I blogged about the remaining vacant Woolies stores in the North East a few days ago, I’d failed to spot that yet another is...
Read more....The rapidly expanding mini-department store retailer, The Original Factory Shop, opened its seventh North East store, in Morpeth, last week. It adds to the retailer’s...
Read more....Well, that’s a coincidence. Having blogged about the former Woolworths in Llandudno just a couple of days ago, Alworths has announced today that it will...
Read more....I’m not quite sure if it should be a cause for celebration or urgent self-reflection when my friends start emailing over photographs of old Woolworths...
Read more....Only counting the (33) North East Woolworths stores that closed down following the company’s 2008 administration, my quest to photograph the full set is nearing...
Read more....Last month I posted photographs of eight former Woolies stores as far apart as Tamworth in Staffordshire and Perth in Scotland. Now, as promised, I’m...
Read more....It looks like the pace of Woolworths stores finding new occupants may be picking up, with more than twenty new announcements since I last blogged...
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