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As Marks & Spencer stores go, this one is one of the smaller offerings, however if the last time…read moreyou visited Hamilton was around 12 years ago, the store is now nearly 4 times the size it was way back then - so, it's not as small as it could be!! In the last 12 years the store has been extended 3 times and even more recently has been re-furbished which means that although it's exterior looks like something from the 70's, the interior is modern, fresh and airy, just like every other modern M&S. I might be slightly biased as I worked in the store for 7 years, albeit several years ago, but I reckon the staff in the Hamilton store are among the most helpful and friendly staff employed by M&S and this is reflected in the neat and tidy, well stocked shelves/racks in the store. One of the best additions to the store in the last few years is the coffee shop - it's well worth a visit!

A haunting whiff of desperation wafts around your nostrils as you walk through the Regent Shopping…read moreCentre in the middle of Hamilton, a few lurking souls hide in the shadows, some of the store fronts stare back at you like a black abyss contained behind glass or garish trinkets vie for your attention. And then like a shimmering white eruption of sophistication at the end of the world trusty M&S looms into view. The branch of Marks and Spencer itself is probably what you would expect in a small town, recently modernised to the new M&S decor and display styles they squeeze quite a lot in, although don't expect the same range as you would find in a city centre or out-of-town style branch. They have smaller ranges of the usual clothing departments, a home accessories section and a cafe. The food-hall is good for this size of store; at the end of the day, post-work, the shelves are generally well stacked as the staff are busy beavering away to replenish the stock. This is the part of the shop that I visit most and do find it to be the busiest, at least in the evening when I think most of the customers are popping-in on their way home.

This is a shopping centre in Bellshill. It contains a number of shops including a florist, a…read moreChrismas gift store, a shoe shop, a hairdressers, a jewellers, a pet shop, a cafe, a butchers, a general store and a clothes shop. The clothes for sale in the clothes shop are a little out of date. and are certainly not the kind of fashionable item you would find in most high street stores. However the clothes are all of a reasonable quality and wearable items can be found. The cafe is very basic and not particularly good. It sell basic items like a fried breakfast, rolls on sausages, and chips.

This used to be Focus DIY before it lay empty for quite a while. It then became a hive of activity…read moreand there from the ashes of Focus arose a B&M Home Stores. Yay! Says me! Bargains-a-go-go! As Focus was huge I was expecting good things from B&M and I was not disappointed. There is plenty of groceries, beauty and cosmetics, baby stuff, toys, home furnishings, DIY and an outside section for garden products, which they've kept from Focus. The prices are mighty good and I thought that this year I would do a little bit of Christmas shopping here for a change. I noticed while I was in Asda that they sold some of the same products but B&M was much much cheaper. They have a good selection but I have to admit I did struggle for the men in my family, all the ladies and babies are sorted but I'll need to go elsewhere to sort out the menfolk presents. I've been popping in over the few months it's been open and I've always managed to get the bits and bobs I've needed. It's very handed as it's only minutes drive down the road from me. More and more of these B&M stores are popping up and I have to say they are rather good.

I'm totally in agreement with both of the other reviews for this place - it's so bad. The most…read moreuseful thing in here is probably Argos, and that's saying something. At one point there was an upstairs indoor market where loads of little stalls had various things on offer, from trinkets to paintings, and it was quite popular. Since that disappeared I've probably made an appearance in here once, and that was to walk through to get to the other side.

The New Cross Shopping Centre has been in Hamilton for years and years. It used to house a massive…read moreSomerfield store and a butchers, and not much else. Newly refurbished in 2004, it now holds the same butchers, no Somerfield and...well, not much else. There is a nice new shiny floor and automatic doors though, and a sit in Greggs the Bakers. That's about the highest accolade i can give the place. I still tend to walk through here though, and i have no idea why. Perhaps to see if it has magically turned into somewhere with good shops overnight, or maybe just to remind myself what a pointless place it is. Every single tome i have been, it's literally like a ghost town, with the majority of people here being employees. They did try to make the upstairs section into a market once, but that quickly petered out, and so the cycle of shops opening and swiftly closing three weeks later began, and hasn't stopped since. There is a big Savers in here which is good for toiletries, and an Argos, a Peacocks and Bon Marche, but other than that...it's empty. Give this one a miss...although if it's raining it gives a good bit of shelter between the bus station and the Regent Centre...that's it's only saving grace!

When this place opened last summer in Motherwell there was a wave of excitement, partly due to the…read morehorrendous state of Motherwell's shopping centre and that it might create some much needed new jobs. It houses a curious mix of products, from toiletries and stationary to pet food with alot of stuff in between. It's like an expensive pound shop. The range of toiletries is excellent and there is some cracking stationary, with some really nice things for in the home. It gets a poor review from me for managing to live up to the Wilkinson reputation by employing under 18's who they seemingly let go as soon as they turn 18. I certainly haven't seen any of the folk who started working in there last summer. The more senior staff members can be quite bossy as well with the younger staff which annoys me. Good for the toiletries when they're on promotion, otherwise it's a no no for me.

I have to slightly disagree with Steven here, because I think Motherwell needed something like…read moreWilkinsons to fill the hole that Woolworths left (God rest it's soul). It is very Woolworthsy in its feel and layout, although Wilkinsons also sells toiletries and medicines. You can pretty much get anything in here, from ink to duvets, picture frames to teapots. I got loads of stuff in here for stocking fillers at Xmas. It also has a wee pet section where I buy DentaSticks for my dog, considerably cheaper than in Asda. There are loads of staff in here, perhaps more than is necessary at the one time, and a particularly burly looking security man who always sits at the door. Wouldn't like to be caught by him with a bottle of Lynx down my jumper. Overall, a good addition to the town centre, providing the return of the much missed Woolies Pick n Mix, and much more.

We popped in to do a bit if pre XMAS shopping but, after realising that family members had gone in…read morewe popped back. The store is similar to a lot of clothes and home wares retailers. I personally like the layout and the large range of clothes for guys, but there are loads of clothes for children and ladies. I always find it nice to look around the home wares for those small decorative touches. The big Issue I noticed, as we were with family members who have mobility issues and both use walking sticks, was the lack of space at the tills.. The main store itself appears to me to have a far better amount of space than a lot of retail stores. As it was quite busy and with the large amount of XMAS promotional items in the queue lane and by the tills themselves, there was, in my opinion, insufficient space for people with mobility issues. I'm not sure how anyone in a wheelchair would manage to get to the tills and then manage to get back out without having to wait for each till being freed up first. All in all I like this store but there are something's that let it down, in my opinion.

This is a large store in the retail park. It has a lot to offer every member of the family. The…read moreclothes stocked include outfits for babies and toddlers, to jeans, tops, trousers, jogging outfits, shirts, underware etc. They also have items for the home from towels, bedding and pots and pans. At Christmas they had some gift ideas and toys. The only negative I can think of is that the toys are on shelves and rows which as quite close together so you might have to wait to get into the shelf if there are a number of people looking at what you want to look at. They have various special offers on but you need a Matalan card to get them. The cards are free. There always seems to be a queue here but you do not spend long in them.

Calling this place a shopping centre is a bit of a lie…read more The shops were simply covered up with glass some years ago and now form a sort of enclosed shopping area. There are only half a dozen shops or thereabouts. Inside though, it's clean, tidy and well lit. There are some cracking shops inside including a great WH Smith, Marks and Spencers, Early Learning Centre, Millets, Thortons and The Body Shop. There are also a few phone shops and game shops. There is also a really good wee cafe in here, The Capocci Man. Spent alot of time in here recently, having travelled over to Hamilton alot to visit the excellent sports complex.

The Regent Shopping Centre is slowly becoming one of the worst shopping centre's known to man…read more Don't get me wrong, this place used to be wonderful! Clothes shops, cafes, game stores and even a massive Woolworths, but most of that has gone now, leaving Hamilton shoppers with a costa, a few pound shops, a Wilkinsons, and a New Look. The only good thing going for this place is Marks and Spencer's. The only reason I'm giving this place a 3 star review despite it sounding like it deserves 1 is because I still love the place. On a Saturday afternoon, the amount of characters you see in here is great and I badly wish this place could return to it's former glory. Damn it economy!