They stock a good range of items, their prices are general high street. I love their sales.read more

I really like this branch of Dorothy Perkins. The shop is well laid out and the staff are friendly…read moreand helpful. They stock a wide range of clothes including, maternity, petite and tall ranges. The shop always seems to be tidy and the clothes are well arranged

I am not a fan of clothes shops, but find this quite usable, and worth a look in the sales. The…read morewomen's department is downstairs, and the stairs up are tucked away next to the door-there is sometimes a logjam of people meeting friends. It is a medium sized but well stocked branch, and the staff couldn't be more helpful. The children's section whilst not huge is quite adequate.

I never tend to go into Next unless they have a sale on, as I think a lot of what they sell is…read moreoverpriced. However, this is a nice example of their shops. The merchandise is well laid out and the staff are friendly and helpful.

Triple S is my guilty pleasure. I LOVE this shop. It stocks top brands such as Bench and Paul Frank…read moreand the stock changes regularly. The prices are quite expensive but the wuality is very good, stocking clothes for males and females as well as a large range of funky accessories. A bit out of the way from the main shopping centre as it is situated on Grainger Street, but well worth the walk down.

Into alternative lables then check out Triple S. It's at the top of Grainger Street near to Eldon…read moreSquare and has two floors of alternative clothes. For guys they have a great range including footware. For the girls they have recently added a lot of wonderful dresses to their range that are good for all sorts of alternative genres. Unfortunately this place is a little expensive

Over the years, I have enjoyed many trips to various TK Maxx stores to browse for bargains. I…read moreespecially like the home section where you can find lots of baking tools and the "Mod Box" racks where I have found myself a good number of discounted David & Goliath t-shirts and cute Yumi dresses. TK Maxx is definitely a place to visit if you have a spare afternoon to go through the many racks for hidden gems in a big store. I was particularly excited to see a TK Maxx so close by and was eager to check it out. The store is spread over two floors with ladies fashion, accessories, children, shoes and toys on the the bottom floor and home and mens upstairs. It isn't a busy store so it is quite tidy. The pet section is spread out with the dog toys nicely organised (found a huge rope tug of war toy for the dogs for £4.99 that was very easy to get to) but strangely there are no poop bags in this section until you go to the tills downstairs. The clearance section was dissappointing; it was unnecessarily large for the few items that were there. Not only was it very empty, many of the discounted items were broken but still quite expensive. Although this store does stock similar items to the larger stores, the sizing is limited and the other departments in the store are also quite small. However, small doesn't mean bad! It's a good size as it wouldn't take that long to browse the store in its entirety, so it is still worth a visit if you have an hour to kill. Conveniently, it is right next to other similar discount stores such as SportsDirect, and if you get hungry, McDonald's is right outside. Plus, it is really easy to get to by car, public transport or walking from the nearby areas. Even though I am a big fan of TK Maxx and levitate towards the big red stores, I would however warn of the poor customer service provided at this particular branch. On both occassions, staff have been much more interested in talking amongst each other despite seeing you waiting to be served. When they do eventually serve you, they are completely disinterested in their job and are obviously annoyed by you tearing them away from their chit-chat. I'm not sure if these are just isolated incidents due to the times I visited but I do know that TK Maxx store assistants from other locations have been at least minimally friendly and customer servce assistants from the Kingston Park area are mainly nice. It's a shame but I won't be going there anytime soon. I hope the hiring manager recruits better staff for their Christmas temps they are currently hiring for.

Ive bought a few things from here in the past, but ever time I go in, I always think the clothes…read moreracks are clutterred with far too much stuff on each rail. Thats the mens and womens clothing depts. You can, if you're prepared to spend the time, find some good stuff here. Whether clothing or furniture, orniments or kitchen and bathroom stuff. This shop could improve by having stuff better displayed, so its not like a jumble sale.

My daughter really loves to shop here. Although it is only a small shop they have a lot of stock…read moreand a good variety too. It can be a bit pricey - my credit card gets a lot of work to do in this store! It would be good if they had more sales on than they do now to attract more people during the credit crunch but all in all a nice shop with helpful staff. The shop is always tidy and they have a good range of sizes on the shop floor.

Long standing chain of fashion clothing shops. This one has central location within the heart of…read moreDurham. Caters for 20 - 30 year old women, fashionable but with a bit more style.

Staff are extremely rude and unhelpful…read more Stock is limited in my opinion, there seems to be a lot more online than in this store. I love Dorothy Perkins clothes and shoes, they are always a perfect fit and of good quality - but I tend to stay away from this store as the customer service is substandard.

Dotty P's is one of my favourite stores to shop in for a few reasons: they always seem to have a…read moresale on; even when they don't have a sale on you can get a great fitting t-shirt for about £4; they support the Woodland Trust by having a range of clothing and accessories available to buy; they have the fabulous Gok Wan on board to shout hello Gorgeous girls! over the loud speaker as you are shopping, just to make you feel better about yourself! This store is just inside of the Northumberland Street entrance of Eldon Sqaure shopping centre and so is easy to get to and practically always the first clothing store I head to when I come to toon to shop! This place has two floors with a bit of a steep staircase but most of the good stuff is downstairs anyway. The staff are really good here too, and recently went out of their way to help me order stuff in and use a gift voucher card I had. This is a good place to come to early in the day as it can get very busy later on.

This store is located within Manor Walks shopping centre, by the central atrium near the coffee…read moreshop and Newcastle Building Society. The window displays are quite attractive and change regularly. It's a shop that tends to cater more for mature ladies rather than a young clientele but the range seems to be less frumpy than a few years back. At the moment they have some nice ranges in good colours. I'm picky about shops that have bad signage and Bon Marche has a handwritten sign with a misused apostrophe in the doorway which annoys me every time I go by.

Good store for older ladies. Nice staff in the store. Frequent reductions. New designer section of…read moreclothing available.

It's quality all the way. None of your Chinese or Mexican rubbish here. I got socks and tee shirts…read more My wife tells me the socks I chose looked horrible but I liked them. Once on my feet I won't see much of them. I toyed with buying yet another hat to go with the dozen or so I already have but rarely wear. I demurred. She on the other hand bought quite a lot including clothing for gifts. There were a lot of oriental customers with piles of clothing, hats, socks in their clutches.

The store is somewhat off the beaten path in an industrial area to the east of Newcastle. For…read morefolks without a car, the bus or Metro will literally drop you off next to the parking lot. The shop is like any factory store in the states. The front end is all first run merchandise at full UK MSRP pricing - zero bargains to be had there. The back portion is all outlet stuff that is discounted anywhere from 30% (most common) to 50% to 70%. You'll have to hunt through stuff in this section and it can be overwhelming. The sizing is well marked, but stuff tends to get jumbled up, hence the hunting. The staff are polite and try to help, but they seemed to be overwhelmed as well during our visit. You might want to take cash with you as the time we visited their card readers were down. They apparently aren't always good about warning to this and we spent an hour shopping and selecting things to buy before we were told cash only which was very frustrating!!! There is an off-site cash machine available that's a 10 minute walk away (and the staff is all too eager to direct you to it), but it's limited to £250 per transaction. Due to this we walked away from our experience at the store empty handed and unhappy. The bottom line is that unless you are a Barbour fanatic and are looking to make a pilgrimage, or you're looking for a recently discontinued item, there is little reason to visit this place unless you simply run out of other places to visit. You can get the first run items from legit Barbour retailers in the UK at the same price, (or less if you shop on-line.) For US customers, buying at a UK retailer can save you some money depending on the exchange rate, but keep in mind that a $400 jacket eats into your free customs declaration pretty fast. In addition, bulky wax coated jackets might push your luggage weights over the limits in which case the savings is lost due to baggage surcharges. Also, e-Bay retailers in the states can get you the exact same items for an equivalent value to or slightly better than UK pricing.