Editing Kingston upon Hull (section)

===Retail===
In March 2017, the Old Town area was designated as one of 10&nbsp;Heritage Action Zones by [[Historic England]] with the benefit that the area would get a share of £6&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39326282
 | title = Coventry and Hull among 10 'historic action zones'
 | date = 20 March 2017
 | work = BBC News
 | publisher = BBC
 | access-date = 20 March 2017}}</ref>
Retailers such as [[Heron Foods]], and [[Jacksons Stores|Jacksons]] began their operations in Hull.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.heronfoods.com/About.aspx
 | title = About Heron Foods
 | accessdate = 5 January 2018
 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120324145436/http://www.heronfoods.com/About.aspx
 | archivedate = 24 March 2012
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://www.hullccnews.co.uk/21/09/2017/founder-of-hull%C2%92s-william-jackson-food-group-honoured-with-mayor%C2%92s-centenary-plaque/
 | title = Founder of Hull's William Jackson Food Group honoured with Mayor's Centenary Plaque
 | date = 21 September 2017
 | work = Hull CC News
 | publisher = Hull City Council
 | accessdate = 14 October 2024}}</ref> The former electrical retailer [[Comet (retailer)|Comet]] was founded in the city as ''Comet Battery Stores Limited'' in 1933; the company's first superstore was opened in Hull in 1968.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://press.comet.co.uk/company-history
 | title = Company History
 | access-date = 1 May 2013
 | publisher = [[Comet (retailer)|Comet]]
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121108230505/http://press.comet.co.uk/company-history
 | archive-date = 8 November 2012}}</ref> 
[[File:King Edward Street, Kingston upon Hull, Apr23 L.jpg|thumb|left|King Edward Street]]
Hull has many shopping streets, both inside and outside the city centre.  The main non-city-centre shopping streets are Hessle Road, Holderness Road, Chanterlands Avenue, [[Beverley Road]], [[Princes Avenue, Kingston upon Hull|Princes Avenue]], and Newland Avenue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/482-hull-buildings-monuments-protected-1402999|title=The 482 Hull buildings and monuments protected for historic importance|last=Kemp|first=Dan|date=2 April 2018|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref> 
[[File:Market Hall, North Church Side (geograph 6320091).jpg|thumb|Trinity Market Hall<ref name="NHLE/1283105" />]]
Additionally, two covered shopping arcades, Paragon and Hepworth. The latter was modernised and renovated in the late 2000s.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://static.hullcc.gov.uk/hullinprint/archive/september2002/returned_to_its.php
 |title = Hull in print
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |access-date = 15 May 2009}}</ref> The city also has the Trinity Market Hall,<ref name="NHLE/1283105" >{{NHLE |num = 1283105 |desc = The Market Hall and Bob Carvers Fish and Chip Restaurant|access-date = 22 June 2013}}</ref> a grade II [[listed building]] Edwardian era indoor hall with 50 stalls, it was last renovated in 2016.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-35978497
 |title = Hull's indoor market to undergo £1.6m refurbishment
 |date = 6 April 2016
 |work = BBC News
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date = 19 June 2017}}</ref>

The city centre has three shopping centres, [[St Stephen's Hull|St Stephen's]], [[Princes Quay]], and the Prospect Centre. The ''Prospect Centre'' on Prospect Street is the smaller and older shopping centre which benefits from large footfall; having chain stores, banks, fashion retailers and the city's main post office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prospectshoppingcentre.co.uk/shops/tiger-leisure/|title=Tiger Leisure|publisher=Prospect Centre|access-date=23 October 2018|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023120420/https://www.prospectshoppingcentre.co.uk/shops/tiger-leisure/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://www.bmstores.co.uk/news/bandm-opens-brand-new-store-in-hull-s-new-prospect-centre
 | title = B&M Opens Brand New Store in Hull's New Prospect Centre
 | date = 12 November 2020
 | publisher = [[B&M]]
 | access-date = 11 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.prospectshoppingcentre.co.uk/
 |title = Welcome to the hive of high street names at the Prospect Shopping Centre!
 |publisher = Prospect Shopping Centre
 |access-date = 10 June 2010}}
</ref> 
[[File:Prince's Quay, Hull.jpg|[[Princes Quay|Prince's Quay]] Shopping Centre built over Prince's Dock|thumb|left]]
''[[Princes Quay]] Shopping Centre'' was built in 1991 on stilts over the closed [[Prince's Dock]]. It has a mixture chain stores and food outlets. It was built with four retail floors, known as "decks", with the uppermost deck converted to a cinema from December 2007.<ref>{{cite press release
 |url         = http://www.myvue.com/corporate/news.asp?sb=1&SessionID=0725EE01086545199D31B253EA507C8A&cn=1&ln=1&intThisPageStructureID=7021
 |title       = Vue to open first all digital cinema in Hull
 |access-date  = 20 January 2008
 |publisher   = Vue Corporate
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714145242/http://www.myvue.com/corporate/news.asp?sb=1&SessionID=0725EE01086545199D31B253EA507C8A&cn=1&ln=1&intThisPageStructureID=7021
 |archive-date = 14 July 2011
}}
</ref>
[[File:St Stephens Shopping Centre, Hull - geograph.org.uk - 3713356.jpg|thumb|St Stephens Shopping Centre, Hull]]
The ''[[St Stephen's Hull|St Stephen's]]'' shopping centre development on Ferensway adjacent to [[Hull Paragon Interchange]] is a {{convert|560000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} scheme, that opened in 2007. It is anchored by a [[superstore]] and provides many shop units, food outlets, a hotel, and a 7-screen cinema. Since its opening, shopping patterns within the city centre have shifted to the centre from around Princes Quay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/hulls-retail-crisis-staggering-number-2008501|title=The staggering number of empty shops in Hull city centre revealed|last=Grove|first=Alex|date=17 September 2018|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>

The ''North Point Shopping Centre'' (also known by as Bransholme Shopping Centre which is the area of the city it's in) contains a similar range of popular chain and budget retailers including [[Boyes (retailer)|Boyes]] and Heron Foods. There are also other outer centres for shopping and retail parks, including [[St Andrews Quay retail park]] on the Humber bank and [[Kingswood retail park]] (Kingswood).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blosse |first1=Benjamin |title=Expansion which may have seen Ikea in Hull looks set to be refused again |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/32m-kingswood-retail-park-expansion-221050 |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=Hull Live |date=21 July 2017}}</ref>