▁at ▁Mer ry ▁Hill ▁was ▁relatively ▁disappoint ing ▁and ▁iron ically ▁the ▁local ▁W ool worth s ▁stores ▁all ▁out last ed ▁the ▁Mer ry ▁Hill ▁store ▁by ▁well ▁over ▁a ▁de cade , ▁only ▁closing ▁when ▁the ▁ret ail er ▁went ▁into ▁liquid ation ▁over ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 / 0 9 ▁winter . ▁ ▁The ▁completion ▁of ▁Mer ry ▁Hill ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁many ▁big ▁name ▁ret ail ers ▁from ▁nearby ▁town ▁cent res , ▁with ▁D ud ley ▁arg u ably ▁being ▁the ▁hard est ▁hit , ▁suffering ▁a ▁ 7 0 % ▁decl ine ▁in ▁ret ail ing ▁market ▁share ▁following ▁Mer ry ▁Hill ' s ▁opening . ▁However , ▁some ▁ret ail ers ▁kept ▁their ▁stores ▁in ▁nearby ▁towns ▁open , ▁despite ▁opening ▁new ▁stores ▁at ▁Mer ry ▁Hill . ▁WH ▁Smith , ▁who ▁have ▁been ▁at ▁Mer ry ▁Hill ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁still ▁have ▁a ▁store ▁in ▁H ales ow en , ▁and ▁even ▁opened ▁a ▁new ▁store ▁in ▁St our bridge ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁The ▁D ud ley ▁store ▁also ▁remained ▁open , ▁but ▁closed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁C & A , ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁store ▁at ▁Mer ry ▁Hill ▁from ▁November ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁until ▁withdraw ing ▁from ▁the ▁UK ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁kept ▁their ▁D ud ley ▁store ▁open ▁until ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁Little wood s