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From Stanley to Spennymoor – another gallery of North East former Woolies stores
Former Woolworths, Peterlee (12 March 2010) 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...
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Boyes takes over Bishop Auckland’s old Woolies – could more follow?
Former Woolworths, Bishop Auckland (6 Feb 2010) 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 about to be reoccupied,...
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How to loos customers – and send your brand image down the pan
Not what you expect in an upmarket department store Apologies for the Richard Whiteley-style headline and the rather gruesome photograph, but if Mary Portas was looking for another retail-related...
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Houghton has a le-Spring in its step – the changing fortunes of the North...
Former Woolworths, Newton Aycliffe (1 Mar 2011) With a dwindling number of empty Woolworths stores remaining in the North East, it doesn’t take too long to check out whether anything’s happening on the...
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Next and New Look open up in Perth’s former Woolworths premises
New Look and Next (formerly Woolworths), Perth (24 Nov 2011). Photograph by Steve Hack The fashion retailers Next and New Look opened the doors to their new stores in Perth yesterday (24 November), on...
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Soult’s Retail Loo: Darlington House of Fraser spruces up its facilities
House of Fraser (Binns), Darlington (1 Mar 2011) It’s not one of my most well-read posts, but some of you may remember my blog from last March about the disappointing state of the toilet facilities in...
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Heron Foods launches new website and plots further expansion
New Heron Foods website (18 May 2012) Heron Foods, the Hull-based discount supermarket chain, has launched a new website as it takes its first steps into cyberspace. Described by Retail Week in 2009 as...
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Hilco has rescued HMV, but now the hard work really starts
1951 advert for HMV, featuring the iconic Nipper image It’s been nearly three months coming, but now the news that everyone wanted to hear has been confirmed: the iconic entertainment retailer HMV,...
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Tracking down Darlington’s original Woolworths – 73 years after it relocated
Darlington’s Woolworths site from 1940 to 2008 (3 May 2012) Never one to let a good Woolworths anniversary pass me by, today – 20 September 2013 – represents 73 years since Darlington’s Woolworths...
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Exploring bingo’s place on the high street – and the online challenges that...
Royal George Bingo, Portobello, Edinburgh (20 Apr 2014) If you follow my blogs and tweets religiously, you’ll know that I spend a fair chunk of my time travelling up and down the country, exploring our...
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One year on from the closure of BHS, what has become of the eight North East...
A retro touch at the ex-BHS in Darlington (12 Apr 2017) It seems hard to believe how time has flown, but today – 28 August 2017 – represents the one-year anniversary of BHS disappearing from the...
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Darlington town centre has charm galore – so what does it need to do to...
Me against the backdrop of High Row in Darlington (25 Aug 2017) In my job as a kind of “Geordie Mary Portas”, one of the things I most relish is the chance to visit and work with shops and retail...
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