Fress was completely unprofessional and seemed to carry hatred towards Muslims. Accused of stealing…read moreafter making a purchase. Security ran after my cousin when she was halfway down the street. This could've been handled in store. They searched her and her entire belongings and once she proved no thief happened, employee still held a disrespectful attitude.

Nice designer clothing but poor staff attitude - be warned!…read moreThe previous poster is right about the decor and the spaciousness and it is worth a visit just for this but the staff, I feel, can be a little off-putting, so bare this in mind if you visit.

This branch of TK Maxx is located on the right hand side of the main square on Teesside Retail…read morePark, about half way along, next door to PC World. This branch is split over two floors, with women's clothing, shoes, bags, and a few seasonal decorations on the ground floor. Upstairs, they have men's and children's clothing, toys and games, ornaments, kitchenware, lighting etc. TK Maxx seems to have a reputation (at least on the television) as being a brilliant place to buy designer clothing on the cheap. Well, I can't really dispute that as I don't bother much with the clothing. To be honest, I find it all a bit of a jumble, hard to find the right sizes, and to my mind the stuff is still over-priced! However, I do like TK Maxx for toys and for household items. I've managed to buy some real bargains int he toy department. The problem is, like the clothing, I suppose, it just depends on what they get in. You have to rummage around and you may find a single item that you like, but they will only have one of them most of the time! I did manage to get a lovely star shaped light-shade for about £6, which I know was £18 in B&Q (because I had already bought one!). So I would definitely recommend having a look round this shop - you could find bargain. The only real downside is the check out queues. I don't think I've ever been in without there being a long queue for the check outs, and it feels like it takes ages to get to the front! Oh, and the other thing I don't like is that they charge you for carrier bags!

Nice big store with 2 floors. Men's & home upstairs. Women's down stairs. No my favourite store but…read morethe girls like it.

Yorkshire Trading is a discount department store that sells everything from food basics to…read moregardening stuff. It seems to get untidy quite easily but this seems to happen in all YTC shops! They have great prices on seasonal stuff and they usually have lots of kids toys for £1. The staff are fairly helpful and there's always someone around because they always seem to be re-stocking/re-arranging shelves when I'm there!

The main Warehouse is on Linthorpe road, right in the centre and very easy to find. There is also a…read moreconcession in Debenhams over the road and House of Fraser. All VERY close together so it is easy to find something in a different size if the shop you're in does not have one. Warehouse is quite expensive to me, although I generally quite like their tailored looks and lace this season I find £50 min for a dress quite pricey so generally shop in sales here which are quite good and they have some great reductions. Warehouse does not do shoes apart from flip flops in summer. They stock a nice range on jewellery and often reduce it all to a pound in the sakes. I've always found the staff to be very helpful and polite and always offer advice if you need it.

An easily accessible shop with good parking within the town centre. This shop is situated in the…read moremain padestrianised part of town, just outside The Mall which is an indoor shopping mall. In Warehouse I find I can easily find well priced clothing which will suit both daily wearing and more dressy occassions. This is not one of the bigger branches of Warehouse but the choice and stock levels have always seemed good. You will also find accessories to complement you clothing purchases in the form of bags and necklaces. Student discount is also offered here.

I am not usually a fan of these kind of places, lots of foreign imports and cheap tacky toys…read moresprings to mind. Its on high row where Dressers used to be and I come in here mainly for my cleaning stuff. For example I use a lot of the pledge wipes for wood they cost £1.80 in Asda in here a £1 for exactly the same, so have a look in you might find a bargain!

I purchased a t- shirt, it arrived with a stain on it. I had to email 3 times and wait a week for a…read moreresponse, but I was denied my basic consumer right of a refund. They claimed I had put the mark on the t-shirt!? Completely unacceptable service and customer service, avoid at all cost!

I ordered a pair of jeans (at full retail price) but the wrong size was sent. I had to return the…read morejeans, wait in a queue at the post office and pay £7 postage. After a couple of emails and a couple of weeks I received the money back for the jeans but not the postage. Then after another couple of emails and a couple of weeks I managed to get the money back, but only via paypal. An absolute joke. No apology. Avoid buying online from this retailer. Wasted so much time and I'll have to pay paypal!

Birthdays has a nice costa coffee shop in it, right near the exit into the Hill Street Centre. The…read moreshop is quite large and has a huge supply of cards and gift merchandise as well as loads of giftwrap. I personally like this shop because of the cards it has for boyfriend and girlfriends, I used to find it a struggle to get anniversary cards for my boyfriend but Birthdays has quite a good choice. The only problem is that around holidays it literally gets jam pakced with people pretty much fighting over cards so if you're going to go in here, don't if it's before a big holiday! The card prices are regular prices. The giftwrap however is quite cheap. The staff are ok, not always the most helpful but polite nonetheless.

This is a great place to pick up bargain dvds rather than bargain books, although there are plenty…read morein here. They tend to be biographies that noone wants. I suppose a shop like this should be the first port of call for any potentiaL publishers wishing to see how the market is behaving. Dare I say it, it's great at Christmas for cheap cards and wrapping paper, and you can always cleanse yourself after by buying some overpriced biscuits from marks and spencer and gorging on them by the river.

Tj Huges is a cheap department store in the captain cook square area of Middlesbrough. It's…read moremassive! Although it can look scruffy and untidy there are some great bargain to be found! The make up is especially good and you can often find some bargains for a pound that if you to Boots are more like £7/£8! The cafe is quite nice but expensive and you can better elsewhere! There are public toilets in here but you have to persuade a member of staff to let you in them as they've just put a code on them due to the abuse of them!

A large one level ground floor shop which seems to sell a little bit of everything. Set in the…read morenewer shopping area of Middlesbrough named The Captian cook square. The layout is such that you can easily access all areas without feeling cramped. You can never be guarenteed what will be in stock but you can be guarenteed good prices . Often there are well known makes and these items are usually sold at better retail prices than in other shops.Staff are usually very friendly and helpful however they are not always easy to find when I tend to go in the shop during weekend opening hours and it tends to be busy with bargain hunters. Paid arking is available in Captain Cooks square in the form of a multi storey car park.