Exclusive: Hartlepool’s Middleton Grange secures B&M to fill empty BHS spot
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.
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Shrewsbury: the town where independents are keeping the high street buzzing
Regular readers will know that I visit a lot of British high streets – including more than 400 different ones in the last four years...
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North East stores invade London as Metro Outlet heads to Croydon’s ex-Allders
In the same month that Middlesbrough-based furniture institution Barker and Stonehouse has opened its first London store, in Battersea, it’s been revealed that another firm with...
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Eighty-five years on: tracking down the ex-Woolworths in Stafford and Stoke
An anniversary is always as good an excuse as any to write a Woolworths-related blog post, and if you were around 85 years ago today...
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I’ve now visited and tracked a quarter of the ex-Woolies estate – but what have they all become?
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%)...
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As HMV struggles, just how important is the pre-Christmas trading period for retailers?
Eighteen months on from securing a £220m refinancing ‘lifeline’, HMV’s warning today that it is likely to breach its banking covenants in January and April has...
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Cladding goes up on Newcastle’s Primark as new city centre developments take shape
The outside of Newcastle’s enlarged Primark is finally starting to gain its funky cladding, as the Northumberland Street store gets ready for its planned opening....
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Middlesbrough’s TJ Hughes confirms 3 October reopening date – with Birkenhead to follow
TJ Hughes, the discount department store chain, has announced that its Middlesbrough store will reopen next week, at 10am on Wednesday 3 October. Under the heading...
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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...
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Lichfield gets a boost as Debenhams takes over city’s ex-TJ Hughes
The confirmation that Debenhams will be opening up in Lichfield’s former TJ Hughes store in March 2013 is great news for the city, and should give...
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New-concept Wilko opens in Crawley’s ex-TJ Hughes store
Wilkinson’s “newest and most exciting concept store” has opened at 14-26 The Broadway in Crawley this morning (15 August). Designed to “offer the community a...
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Breaking news: TJ Hughes to return to Middlesbrough as Metro Outlet makes way
TJ Hughes is to reopen its store in Middlesbrough’s Captain Cook Square, it has been confirmed. The move comes almost exactly a year after the...
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Poundworld takes over Middlesbrough’s ex-Peacocks, as it opens its 30th store in 15 weeks
Middlesbrough might have lost its Pure Party store in the fallout from Clinton Cards’ collapse, but as some retailers depart the town others are arriving...
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The closure of Hoopers department store in Carlisle, and what might replace it
The recent news that Hoopers in Carlisle is to close is clearly a disappointing development for the city, but it’s also very sad for anyone – like me...
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Metro Outlet takes over Middlesbrough’s TJ Hughes site, but ex-TJ’s elsewhere remain empty
Middlesbrough had some retail good news on Saturday, as a new store opened its doors in the town’s former TJ Hughes premises – following on...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Newcastle’s Calvin Klein Underwear and Urban Outfitters stores take shape
While the rescue of Newcastle’s TJ Hughes store ensures that the value stretch of Grainger Street retains its retail anchor, work is also progressing well on the...
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Newcastle’s TJ Hughes is saved – but Middlesbrough’s is to close within days
There was good news for Newcastle city centre earlier this week, with the announcement that the TJ Hughes store in Grainger Street had been sold,...
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