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Coverage of Cupar Alworths opening raises a retail laugh
Screenshot of STV's coverage Alworths in Cupar opened today, taking over the premises that were latterly Pound-Mart and, before that, Woolworths. The fledgling chain’s first foray into Fife – and...
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Alworths lined up for non-Woolies site in Alloa?
Alworths fascia Just a week after its first two Scottish stores opened in Forfar and Cupar, the variety store chain Alworths is now “recruiting for enthusiastic, customer focussed individuals to work...
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Alworths confirms Alloa opening, and heads to Hertford and Tiverton
Alworths fascia Following on from my blog post about Alworths opening in the Clackmannanshire town of Alloa, it has now been confirmed that the new store will open this week, on Wednesday 21 July. The...
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Alworths comes to Llandudno
Former Woolworths in Llandudno (25 Sep 2009) Well, that’s a coincidence. Having blogged about the former Woolworths in Llandudno just a couple of days ago, Alworths has announced today that it will be...
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Newhaven in East Sussex set to be the next Alworths stop
Former Woolworths and new Alworths site, Newhaven (17 Mar 2010). Photograph by Paul Gillett The BT Phone Book is now listing an Alworths store at 14 High Street in Newhaven, East Sussex – the town’s...
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New Alworths stores for Newark and Maidenhead
Fancy a job at Alworths? ‘Son of Woolies’ chain Alworths has had a quiet spell since opening a flurry of stores (in Llandudno, Newhaven and Hertford) at the end of the summer, but an Independent...
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One bus ticket – 11 former Midlands Woolies
Former Woolworths, Coalville (24 Aug 2010) Regular readers of Soult’s Retail View will know that I have something of a penchant for visiting lots of old Woolworths stores in a short time, usually – for...
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Shop Direct’s move to protect the Woolies brand – Wellworth the bad press?
New and old logos Last week’s news that the celebrated Wellworths store, in Dorchester, is being forced to change its name by Shop Direct reignites one of the most interesting threads to emerge from...
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Eth-alworth Austin
Shuttered Ethel Austin store As variety chain Alworths celebrates its first birthday today, the opening of stores in Newark and Maidenhead has now been confirmed for later this month – and both will be...
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Alworths’ future uncertain as bailiffs seize Llandudno store
'Notice of Peaceable Re-entry' at Alworths, Llandudno (7 Mar 2011). Photograph by Dave Roberts Following a weekend of speculation about the future of ‘son of Woolworths’ chain Alworths, events have...
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Upmarket Pinner trades ex-Woolies pound shop for WHSmith – but not everyone’s...
Former Woolworths (now WHSmith), Pinner, 1 May 2011. Photograph by Bryan Roberts Many thanks to Bryan Roberts from Kantar Retail iQ, who let me know via Twitter that the old Woolworths in Pinner, north...
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Poundstretcher expands with purchase of failed Alworths stores
Poundstretcher fascia, Camborne (20 Feb 2011) Amid the gloom of Alworths’ collapse into administration last month, it seems that there’s now some good news. Retail Week is reporting that Alworths’...
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Poundstretcher takes over Llandudno Alworths after all
New Poundstretcher, Llandudno (8 Jun 2011). Photograph by Dave Roberts Many thanks to my North Wales contact, Dave Roberts, who has sent me a photo of the former Alworths store in Llandudno being...
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Store closures loom as indie grocer Haldanes calls in administrators
Haldanes logo The independent supermarket chain Haldanes looks set to become the latest retail casualty, after filing for an administration order today. In a statement this afternoon, Arthur Harris,...
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As Wellworths becomes Wellchester, Claire Robertson talks tweaking and expansion
Wellchester’s Claire Robertson (8 Sep 2011) For someone who makes a habit of visiting old Woolworths – and I’ve racked up about 140 so far – there can be few ex-Woolies sites more celebrated than the...
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Wombwell Poundstretcher’s Andrex window display is not flushed with success
Window display, Poundstretcher Wombwell (3 Nov 2011) A few days ago, I blogged about how Poundstretcher in Newcastle needs to sell itself better in order to capitalise on the extra footfall generated...
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How Poundstretcher can learn a thing or two from its acquired UGO stores
Poundstretcher and UGO, Nuneaton (7 Feb 2012) After I first revealed that UGO, the fledgling supermarket chain, was set to be sold, there was understandably plenty of speculation about who the buyer...
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From textured berber to veggie burgers: new uses for Devon’s old Woolworths
Poundstretcher (formerly Woolworths and Alworths), Tiverton (9 Sep 2011) With another shop-spotting visit to Devon scheduled for later this month, now seems like an opportune time to share the...
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Celtic Tiger: the Danish variety retailer prepares for Glasgow store opening
New Tiger store, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow (22 Nov 2012) If you follow my tweets you’ll know that I’ve spent the middle part of this week in Glasgow, taking time to explore the Ayrshire coast as well...
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Five years after closure, Newton Aycliffe Woolworths may soon be occupied
Externally revamped ex-Woolworths in Newton Aycliffe (5 Jan 2014) If you’ve managed to miss me hogging the airwaves this morning – on BBC Radio 5 Live (which you can listen to here), Wales, Scotland,...
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