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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Interview: Isabel Macdonald, Branch Manager, John Lewis at Home Tamworth
Tamworth’s new John Lewis at Home opened its doors on Wednesday (12 October), eight months after I broke the news of its impending arrival. The 42,000 sq ft...
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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...
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John Lewis Tamworth takes shape
Following the confirmation, in April, that John Lewis will indeed be opening one of its ‘At Home’ stores in Tamworth, work on site seems to be...
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Is John Lewis coming to Tamworth?
No, don’t choke on your cornflakes… that’s a serious question. My interest was piqued last month when the Tamworth Herald ran a story under the...
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Morrisons to acquire Tamworth’s Netto store
The Netto store in my old hometown of Tamworth is one of 16 sites that Morrisons is set to acquire following Asda’s purchase of the Netto UK...
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Peacocks flies into Tamworth’s Ankerside centre
I was interested to find out a few days ago that the fashion retailer Peacocks will soon be opening a store in my old home town of Tamworth,...
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Tamworth Market: the worst street market in Britain?
Edit, 2 March 2015: This post is getting an awful lot of hits today! Be aware, however – as the date on it makes clear...
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Woolies Winter Wonderland…
…That was the theme of Woolworths’ 1998 Christmas TV advertisement, in the heady, Tellytubby days when, as the ad reminds us, everyone wanted a Talking Po....
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