Robbs
 Robbs was a mid-size department store in Hexham owned by Beales. It was set up and created in 1819 by William Robb and expanded in the 1920s and 1980s respectively. It has had a long and extravagant history. It has been owned by Merchant Retail and Owen Owen in the past before it was bought by the newly formed Vergo Retail in 2007.On 7 May 2010 Vergo was placed into administration with MCR appointed as the administrators.