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Soult's Retail View
http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/
Soult's Retail View is a blog by Graham Soult, a market researcher and online marketing specialist based in North East England.
Recent Posts
HobbyCraft shines, Borders stumbles
Borders at Retail World, Gateshead. Photograph courtesy of Land Securities Mixed fortunes in the news today for two specialist retailers that both have a presence at Team Valley Retail World in Gateshead – HobbyCraft and Borders. Privately-o...
Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 3 – North East)
Former Woolworths, Consett (10 Oct 2009) After Parts 1 and 2 of my former Woolworths photo gallery, it’s time to finish up – at least for the moment – with some more shots of old Woolies sites up here in the North East. First up i...
After the loss of M&S and T&G, Whitley Bay gains B&M
B&M fascia Barely a day or two after writing about Whitley Bay Woolworths still being empty, I now read that it’s going to become a B&M Bargains store – and will open on Thursday. Relatively little-known before 2009, Blackpool-ba...
Woolworths to make a high street return?
Vacant former Woolworths store An interesting story in today’s Times about what it claims is Shop Direct’s plan to “bring Woolworths back to the high street”, with “room for up to 200 stores under the famous red fascia...
Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 2 – North Wales)
Former Woolworths - now B&M Bargains - in Rhyl (25 Sep 2009) Last month I posted photographs of eight former Woolies stores as far apart as Tamworth in Staffordshire and Perth in Scotland. Now, as promised, I’m pleased to present another c...
Whitley Bay’s “upward trend in retail shopping”
Woolworths in Whitley Bay, just prior to closure Anyone who follows my blog posts will see how frequently I draw from the great resource that is local newspaper websites. With the downturn affecting every high street in one way or another – mos...

