Retail development firm Dransfield invited me to visit its Fox Valley scheme in Sheffield, see the progress, and hear the latest on its plans and lettings.
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...
Headlines: 214 ex-Woolworths stores visited, out of the 807 that closed following its collapse Of those, only 12 currently empty (6%) 7 continually empty (3%)...
Back in April I blogged about the apparent location of Alnwick’s original Woolworths, where the chain traded for the first fifteen years of its 55-year...
When value clothing retailer Ethel Austin fell into administration for the fourth time in as many years three weeks ago, it’s fair to say that its chances of...
In the same way as Houghton-le-Spring’s Woolworths was originally in a different location to where it ended up, I recently discovered that Alnwick, too, has...
In previous posts, I’ve noted the difficulty I have in finding time to blog about all the former Woolworths sites that I’ve visited – not a...
https://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2012/03/12/mco-and-the-ex-woolies-in-sidmouth-and-sherborne/
Today’s announcement that Edinburgh Woollen Mill has bought fashion retailer Peacocks out of administration is very good news as far as the 6,000 saved jobs and 395 retained...
A visit to the delightful County Durham market town of Barnard Castle always lifts the spirits, even if the weather when I was last there in...
https://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2010/05/23/shopping-and-lunching-in-barnard-castle/
I’m ashamed to say that in more than a decade of living in the North East, I’d never – until yesterday – paid a proper...
https://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2010/01/24/taking-a-look-around-alnwick/
There have been a few more announcements of new occupants for old Woolworths stores over the last couple of weeks: Alnwick: M&Co – full story...
https://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2009/07/27/former-woolworths-stores-status-update/