Soult's Retail View

Archived blog posts (2009 to 2018) about shops on the high street and online, by North East-based retail consultant Graham Soult

Tagged: Wooly Minded

Woolaballoo.com, Hexham (30 Jun 2012). Photograph by Graham Soult 10

Brands / Independent Stores / Market Towns / Marketing / Online / Social Media / Specialist Retailers

Woolaballoo.com and Deli at Number 4: Hexham’s new breed of web-savvy independents


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I’ve often commented on Hexham’s very low retail vacancy rate, and the fact that the town’s empty units rarely stay empty for long. Arrivals in...

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Wooly Minded, Clayton Street, Newcastle (24 Jun 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult 6

Fashion Stores / Independent Stores / Property

Newcastle update: Wooly Minded and Card Factory open; Bank on the way


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Passing through Newcastle city centre yesterday afternoon, I was able to see what was happening with several incoming stores that I’ve blogged about previously. In Clayton...

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Existing Wooly Minded in North Shields (18 Jun 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult 3

Independent Stores / Merchandising / Specialist Retailers

Newcastle’s Wooly Minded store opening – more details about “the knitter’s paradise”


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My coverage of the upcoming Wooly Minded store in Newcastle’s Clayton Street seems to have prompted quite a bit of interest on Twitter, so –...

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Wooly Minded's Newcastle shop (17 Jun 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult 2

Independent Stores / Property / Specialist Retailers

Newcastle’s Clayton Street gets Wooly Minded


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One of the quirks of the recently opened Eldon Square South extension in Newcastle is the contrast in tenant mix between the main St Andrew’s...

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