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Retailers: Overview
In addition to dealing with and on behalf of multiple retailers across the country on
a broad range of issues affecting their retail outlets Fawley Watson Booth have
developed particularly close relationships with a number of companies and a brief
summary of a few of our clients and our involvement on their behalf is set out in
the following pages.
Card Factory
The Yorkshire based retailer, Sportswift Limited trading as Card Factory is one of
the most acquisitive companies on the High Street seeking retail units of between
1000 and 1500 sq ft from the South Coast to the Scottish Highlands.
Fawley Watson Booth has been fully retained and instrumental in assisting in the
rapid growth of this retailer over the last 5 years acquiring over 40 units in
2004/2005 in towns such as Ashford, Banbury, Bangor, Basildon, Birmingham,
Blackpool, Cannock, Colchester, Croydon, Hamilton, Hanley, Hemel Hempstead,
Lewisham, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Morecambe, Romford, Rugby, Worthing and
Wythenshawe.
Costa
 Costa, the UK’s leading Coffee Company with over 360 units nationwide has
retained Fawley Watson Booth to acquire new sites in Yorkshire and the North East.
New stores of between 750 - 2000 sq ft are sought in High Streets, Shopping
Centres, neighbourhood and factory outlet locations.
Click here to visit Costa's website..
Crawshaws
Crawshaws are a successful award winning family butchers currently
operating from 12 outlets in Yorkshire with a client list of major suppliers & catering companies.
Crawshaws require new outlets of 1,100 to 1,750 sq ft, both on the High Street and on out of town retail parks.
Fawley Watson Booth are the retained agents for the company and are seeking to expand Crawshaws' representation within the North of England.
Evolution
Evolution are a branch of Windhorse Trading Ltd retailing gifts from around the
world from stores in Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Dublin, Essen,
Germany, Glasgow, Ipswich, London, Wood Green, Manchester, Newcastle,
Norwich, Nottingham, Sheffield, Redditch and Valencia.
Fawley Watson Booth have represented Evolution for a number of years in relation
to the acquisition of new branches, relocations and more recently in connection with
landlord and tenant matters.
Click here to visit Evolution's website..
Grattan Plc
 Grattan Plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Otto Versand best known for its Grattan,
Freemans and Kaleidoscope catalogues but also represented on the High Street and
out of town.
Fawley Watson Booth are retained to provide a full range of property services in
relation to the company’s retail operations trading as The Big Discount Store,
Catalogue Discount Stores, Scoops and Manor Grove.
A current programme of rationalisation has involved Fawley Watson Booth in
providing a more flexible portfolio of retail outlets whilst disposing of surplus High
Street outlets in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Runcorn, Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton,
Hawick, Bingley and Heckmondwike together with substantial retail warehouses on
Crown Point, Leeds, Southgate Retail Park, Derby and Austin Drive, Coventry.
Click here to visit Grattan's website..
J D Wetherspoon
 J D Wetherspoon which commenced trading in 1979 has been one of the fastest
growing companies in the UK and now has over 750 licensed retail outlets. Fawley
Watson Booth are the company’s retained agents for the Yorkshire and Humber
area and have been involved in the acquisition of over 40 branches during this
period.
Click here to visit J D Wetherspoon's website..
Jane Shilton
 Cellini and Jane Shilton are the High Street trading names of Jane Shilton Plc one of
the UK’s best known brands of leather goods, handbags, footwear and luggage and
available in over 1000 outlets worldwide from stand-alone high street units to
department store concessions.
In the UK Jane Shilton has a long established representation on the High Street and
within factory outlets/designer centres. Fawley Watson Booth have been involved
in providing all aspects of property advice in relation to the company’s outlets in the
North of England for many years.
Click here to visit Jane Shilton's website..
T K Maxx
 T K Maxx is part of the T J X Companies Inc the worlds leading off price retailer
with over 1500 stores worldwide trading as T J Maxx, Marshalls, Home Goods, A J
Wright (all USA), Winners (Canada) and T K Maxx (Europe).
The European arm launched in Spring 2004 now has over 150 stores in the UK
alone.
T K Maxx trade from a variety of scale of store units in town centres and out of
town across the UK.
Fawley Watson Booth have been retained by T K Maxx to act on their behalf since
1996 and have been instrumental in putting together deals for our clients in Princes
Quay Shopping Centre, Hull, Orchard Square, Sheffield, Marble Place Shopping
Centre, Southport, Eden Centre, Carlisle, St Marks Shopping Centre, Lincoln, The
Mall, Barnsley, Island Green Shopping Centre, Wrexham, Freshney Place, Grimsby,
Church Street, Burnley, The Point Retail Park, Rochdale, The Bridges Shopping
Centre, Sunderland, Cockedge Centre, Warrington, Parkgate, Rotherham, Trident
Retail Park, Runcorn, Warren Street, Stockport, Chapmans Yard, Scarborough,
Grand Arcade, Wigan, Union Street, Oldham, Crown Street, Darlington, Crown Point
Retail Park, Leeds, with further stores already planned for 2005/2006.
Click here to visit T K Maxx's website..
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