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Scottish Sun
05-05-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Beloved vintage clothing shop closes down after one year as owners say ‘it's been amazing'
Find out when the store is closing and why other retailers are shutting shops for good SHUT UP SHOP Beloved vintage clothing shop closes down after one year as owners say 'it's been amazing' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A BELOVED clothing store is closing its doors after a year of operations. Vintage shop Glass Onion inside Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre pulled the plug following a poignant social media post. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Glass Onion closed its doors on April 30 Glass Onion started in 2005 with its founder, John Hickling, selling from his Grandma's coal shed in Barnsley. It also has stores in Leeds and Nottingham and says it processes up to 20,000kg of second hand clothing a week which would otherwise end up in landfill. On Facebook, they stated: "Our Meadowhall Pop Up shop is coming to an end tomorrow (Wednesday 30th April). "We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who's supported us there over the past year. "It's been amazing and we've loved being Meadowhall's go-to for sustainable, second-hand fashion. "To go out with a bang, we're throwing one final flash sale tomorrow (Wednesday 30th April 10-9pm) - for ONE DAY ONLY! 2 "Absolutely everything must go so it's £10 each or 3 for £25 on all stock- no exclusions, just unbelievable bargains. Come raid the rails at Meadowhall one last time! "And don't worry - you can still find us in Sheffield at our Division Street store, long after the Meadowhall Pop Up is gone." The closure of Glass Onion adds to a growing list of well-known UK stores disappearing from the high street in recent months. Stationery chain WHSmith has shut almost 500 stores after being taken over by the owner of Hobbycraft, with its remaining focus now on travel locations like airports and stations. Scottish vintage clothing store launches huge closing down sale with 80% off Branches in Halstead and Woolwich closed earlier this month, and three more will go in May — which started with Oldham on May 3. Toy giant The Entertainer is also cutting back. Its Barrow-in-Furness store, which opened in 2017, will shut on the same day. Morrisons has announced the closure of 17 of its Daily convenience stores, along with several of its cafés, flower stands, and counters. The Haxby store will be the last to go on May 14, with hundreds of jobs at risk. Meanwhile, Poundland is facing financial strain, and the store inside Liverpool's Belle Vale Shopping Centre will close on May 6 after being served notice on its lease. Shoe Zone has also confirmed more closures due to 'challenging trading conditions,' with its Bexhill branch on Devonshire Road closing on May 13. Even big names like Next are scaling back — the Darlington Retail Park outlet store will shut its doors for good on May 24, though the main high street branch will remain open. With high street closures mounting across the country, Vintage Outfitters is the latest independent favourite to say goodbye — but it's giving fans one final chance to bag a bargain before the lights go out for good.
The Sun
05-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Beloved vintage clothing shop closes down after one year as owners say ‘it's been amazing'
A BELOVED clothing store is closing its doors after a year of operations. Vintage shop Glass Onion inside Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre pulled the plug following a poignant social media post. 2 Glass Onion started in 2005 with its founder, John Hickling, selling from his Grandma's coal shed in Barnsley. It also has stores in Leeds and Nottingham and says it processes up to 20,000kg of second hand clothing a week which would otherwise end up in landfill. On Facebook, they stated: "Our Meadowhall Pop Up shop is coming to an end tomorrow (Wednesday 30th April). "We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who's supported us there over the past year. "It's been amazing and we've loved being Meadowhall's go-to for sustainable, second-hand fashion. "To go out with a bang, we're throwing one final flash sale tomorrow (Wednesday 30th April 10-9pm) - for ONE DAY ONLY! "Absolutely everything must go so it's £10 each or 3 for £25 on all stock- no exclusions, just unbelievable bargains. Come raid the rails at Meadowhall one last time! "And don't worry - you can still find us in Sheffield at our Division Street store, long after the Meadowhall Pop Up is gone." The closure of Glass Onion adds to a growing list of well-known UK stores disappearing from the high street in recent months. Stationery chain WHSmith has shut almost 500 stores after being taken over by the owner of Hobbycraft, with its remaining focus now on travel locations like airports and stations. Branches in Halstead and Woolwich closed earlier this month, and three more will go in May — which started with Oldham on May 3. Toy giant The Entertainer is also cutting back. Its Barrow-in-Furness store, which opened in 2017, will shut on the same day. Morrisons has announced the closure of 17 of its Daily convenience stores, along with several of its cafés, flower stands, and counters. The Haxby store will be the last to go on May 14, with hundreds of jobs at risk. Meanwhile, Poundland is facing financial strain, and the store inside Liverpool's Belle Vale Shopping Centre will close on May 6 after being served notice on its lease. Shoe Zone has also confirmed more closures due to 'challenging trading conditions,' with its Bexhill branch on Devonshire Road closing on May 13. Even big names like Next are scaling back — the Darlington Retail Park outlet store will shut its doors for good on May 24, though the main high street branch will remain open. With high street closures mounting across the country, Vintage Outfitters is the latest independent favourite to say goodbye — but it's giving fans one final chance to bag a bargain before the lights go out for good. RETAIL PAIN IN 2025 The British Retail Consortium has predicted that the Treasury's hike to employer NICs will cost the retail sector £2.3billion. Research by the British Chambers of Commerce shows that more than half of companies plan to raise prices by early April. A survey of more than 4,800 firms found that 55% expect prices to increase in the next three months, up from 39% in a similar poll conducted in the latter half of 2024. Three-quarters of companies cited the cost of employing people as their primary financial pressure. The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has also warned that around 17,350 retail sites are expected to shut down this year. It comes on the back of a tough 2024 when 13,000 shops closed their doors for good, already a 28% increase on the previous year. Professor Joshua Bamfield, director of the CRR said: "The results for 2024 show that although the outcomes for store closures overall were not as poor as in either 2020 or 2022, they are still disconcerting, with worse set to come in 2025." Professor Bamfield has also warned of a bleak outlook for 2025, predicting that as many as 202,000 jobs could be lost in the sector. "By increasing both the costs of running stores and the costs on each consumer's household it is highly likely that we will see retail job losses eclipse the height of the pandemic in 2020."
Axios
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
I tried PopUp Bagels in Boston so you don't have to
PopUp Bagels, the chain that wants you to rip apart pieces of your bagel like a caveman and dump it into a vat of cream cheese, is taking on the Boston breakfast scene. Against my better judgment, I tried it. The intrigue: What began as a pandemic experiment in a man's Westport, Connecticut, home has expanded across that state, New York and now Boston. PopUp appeared in Wellesley and the Seaport and recently secured a lease to set up shop in Harvard Square. Catch up quick: The concept of ripping a bagel chunk and dipping it into a cream cheese container feels wrong. But I volunteered as tribute. Actually, my editors asked me to go. Maybe they were entertained by the shudder I let out when the topic came up. Who am I to deprive them and the readers of some fun at my expense? Anyway, that's what I told myself as I pulled apart a chunk of everything bagel and dunked it into a container of Parmesan-garlic cream cheese. (Yes, I spilled seeds and spices all over my table.) My seven-word review: I wanted to hate it. I couldn't. Zoom in: The bagel was almost as chewy as a New York bagel, with a crispy crunch around the edges. The Parmesan and garlic were tasty, but not overpowering. Between the lines: If you or your kids ever watched SpongeBob SquarePants, you might remember that Squidward, the grumpy squid Krabby Patty employee, insisted he hated the burgers. Then he bit into a morsel of a patty, and — to his dismay — it changed his tastebuds forever. I'm not saying this is Krabby Patty good. It's just better than I'd like to admit.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bon Jovi feuds with Jersey Shore mayor over eatery for the poor
On a silver horse he rides to the rescue of the homeless and hungry. Jon Bon Jovi is not backing down in his mission to feed the poor even after a mayor in his home state slammed the singer for turning a public library into a 'day shelter and soup kitchen.' Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick bashed county commissioners for allowing Bon Jovi's JBJ Soul Kitchen to operate temporarily as a pop-up at the Ocean County Library, telling the Shore News Network its attracting homeless people and disturbing residents. 'These people are being dropped by in our community by agencies pretending to be homeless advocates who get paid by the head to import homeless people into our town from all over the state and the East Coast,' Rodrick complained. 'These agencies are making millions of dollars importing homeless. Their plan is not about compassion; it's about people wanting to profit off the homeless issue.' The pop-up café, which opened on Feb. 11, shares the mission of JBJ Soul Kitchen's three other New Jersey locations — allowing diners to pay it forward and cover the suggested $12 cost for those who cannot afford their meal. Patrons who can't pay are able to volunteer at the eatery — which is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays — in exchange for sandwiches, wraps, bowls and salads. Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea, who run the nonprofit restaurant chain, told The Post they will continue to advocate for those less fortunate — and their restaurant will remain there through May. 'The JBJ Soul Foundation and JBJ Soul Kitchen are committed to ending homelessness through real solutions. We are not here to just move people around or force them into the shadows. Our Foundation has built nearly a thousand units of affordable and supportive housing,' they said in a joint statement on Friday. 'Through our JBJ Soul Kitchen, we connect people to resources and services. Whether they need employment, mental health support, or housing, we try to remove the barriers that are keeping them from thriving, not just surviving.' The power couple — who opened the first JBJ Soul Kitchen in Red Bank, NJ in 2011 — also clapped back at Rodrick's funding claims. 'We are unsure where the mayor thinks millions of dollars are trading hands, but we are completely unaware of any such programs and receive no such funding,' they insisted. 'We invite anyone to the BEAT Center in Toms River or to the JBJ Soul Kitchen Pop Up to see what we are doing to end homelessness and hunger in our community.' Rodrick claimed he has gotten numerous complaints about the increasing number of homeless men near the township's municipal parking garage and on the benches across from the library. 'They've completely ignored all of our complaints and concerns,' Rodrick said of the county officials. 'Mothers shouldn't have to walk through large gangs of intoxicated and mentally ill men with their children to borrow a book.'
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
East Coast Bagel Shop PopUp Bagels Set to Expand to LA
LA may be becoming a bagel Bagels, the viral East Coast bagel chain known for its 'rip-and-dip' serving method and rotating selection of spreads, is now making its way to Southern California. The brand plans to open 35 new locations across Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County in the coming years, according to a statement from PopUp in 2020 by Adam Goldberg, PopUp Bagels began as an at-home hobby before opening its first standalone store in New York in 2021. The chain has since grown to operate multiple locations across New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. PopUp's unique offering centers around its signature "rip-and-dip" method, where bagels are served with small tubs of whipped spreads for customers to dip their bagel in. Along with classic options like plain and scallion cream cheeses, the shop offers unique spreads each week. Past flavors have included a Guinness-infused cream cheese for St. Patrick's Day. As for the bagels themselves, there are five: everything, sesame, salt, plain, and poppyseed. Keeping with this simple approach, PopUp doesn't cut or toast their bagels, nor do they offer joins the growing presence of East Coast style bagels in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, the legendary New York-based H&H Bagels opened a location in Santa Monica. For the Southern California expansion, PopUp has teamed up with industry figures James Marzouk of Sweetzer Capital, who will handle the opening of 25 locations across Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as with Paul Goodman and Griffin Thall of Bagel Boyz, who will manage 10 locations in San Diego. PopUp's expansion to the West Coast is part of their mission to select locations in "high-traffic" urban and suburban areas, according to the statement.'We're hyper-focused on targeting locations that enhance the brand's momentum and deliver the volume and vibe that have defined its presence in New York. We're looking to plant roots in communities that want to be a part of the story — this is just the start," said is optimistic that the PopUp Bagels brand will resonate with Angelenos.'Whether grabbing a dozen to share with neighbors or bringing a few bagels to the beach with friends, PopUp Bagels is here to fuel connections and create moments that bring communities together," said expansion is part of PopUp's broader goal to be available in cities across the U.S., with a South Florida location slated to open this summer, according to Miami New first PopUp Bagels locations in Southern California are set to open later this year. Never Miss a Beat! Subscribe to Los Angeles Magazine's The Daily Brief for daily updates delivered straight to your inbox. Join below or by clicking here.
