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Shrewsbury: the town where independents are keeping the high street buzzing 19 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Me (left) and local retail expert Sam Stockley in The Square, Shrewsbury (10 Jun 2013) Regular readers will know that I visit a lot of British high streets – including more than 400 different ones in...
Got a question about starting a retail business? Ask a Sage Business Expert 17 Jul 2013 | 11:15 pm
Sage Blog (17 Jul 2013) As you may recall, one of the many hats that I wear is as a Sage Business Expert. Set up by the Newcastle-based software company nearly a year ago, the aim of the group is to...
Gateshead’s Metrocentre prepares for overnight Intu-fication 11 Jul 2013 | 09:28 pm
Metrocentre Red Mall entrance – pre-Intu (11 Jul 2013) I understand that Gateshead’s Metrocentre is to gain its first Intu-branded external signage overnight tonight (11 July), ahead of a weekend of ...
North East stores invade London as Metro Outlet heads to Croydon’s ex-Allders 11 Jul 2013 | 03:33 pm
Metro Outlet, Gateshead (27 Feb 2012) In the same month that Middlesbrough-based furniture institution Barker and Stonehouse has opened its first London store, in Battersea, it’s been revealed that a...
Opened on 8 July 1933, what’s become of the ex-Woolworths in Morden? 9 Jul 2013 | 01:12 am
Former Woolworths, Morden (1 March 2013) Regular readers will know that I always enjoy an obscure Woolworths anniversary, and today represents the 80th anniversary of the now-defunct chain opening it...
North East leads the space change as Tesco adds gyms to Extra stores 8 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
New Tesco Extra, Sunderland (6 Jul 2013) Tesco Extra branches in Stockton-on-Tees and Sunderland are to see surplus space converted into gyms, as the retail giant looks to ‘repurpose’ excess square f...
Clicks, bricks and stunning images: Retailer Q&A with The Original Sofa Co. 28 Jun 2013 | 12:29 pm
The Original Sofa Co. homepage (25 Jun 2013) If you read the blog accompanying my 2012 Autumn Fair seminar on creating great web content, you’ll know that one of the things I always look for is a bol...
“We want to be the Amazon of the garden”: Retailer Q&A with Waltons 24 Jun 2013 | 07:51 pm
Waltons homepage (24 Jun 2013) Waltons, the specialist garden buildings etailer, is a company that my CannySites.com business has worked with for nearly five years now, its ranges of sheds, summerhou...
Eighty-five years on: tracking down the ex-Woolworths in Stafford and Stoke 24 Jun 2013 | 03:43 am
Original former Woolworths (now River Island), Stafford (3 Feb 2013) An anniversary is always as good an excuse as any to write a Woolworths-related blog post, and if you were around 85 years ago tod...
“The power of digital is the biggest opportunity”: Retailer Q&A with Hartlepool-based Bedtrader 6 Jun 2013 | 04:43 pm
Bedtrader on Twitter (6 Jun 2013) Though my consumer directory business, CannySites.com, showcases home, garden and holiday retailers from across the UK, I’m always particularly pleased when I get to...
