A shabby view?
Whitley Road in Whitley Bay (16 December 2009) Visiting Whitley Bay in North Tyneside today, it was apparent that while there ARE indeed a lot of empty shops – as blogged about previously here –...
View Article‘Shopjacket’ brings hope to Whitley Bay town centre
The former Select store in Whitley Bay, following its 'Shopjacketting' Given the challenges that Whitley Bay town centre has faced over the last year – with a number of high-profile retail departures...
View ArticleThe fragment of Uniqlo that lives on in Coventry
Uniqlo signage, Coventry (7 Feb 2012) Among all the posts about closed-down Woolworths and ex-Nettos, my occasional ‘I haven’t seen one of those in a while’ features always seem to go down well....
View ArticleBreaking news: TJ Hughes to return to Middlesbrough as Metro Outlet makes way
Ex-TJ Hughes, Middlesbrough, prior to arrival of Metro Outlet (30 Sep 2011) TJ Hughes is to reopen its store in Middlesbrough’s Captain Cook Square, it has been confirmed. The move comes almost exactly...
View ArticleMiddlesbrough among the first locations for new value fashion chain Pep&Co
Holding page of Pep&Co website Few consumers will have heard of it yet – for one thing, there’s no Twitter or Facebook presence that I can see – but new value fashion chain Pep&Co is certainly...
View ArticleAmid all the CVAs, there are still plenty of retailers opening...
House UK website (1 May 2018) 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 (among...
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