// Primark to boost high street presence with new stores
// The new stores will be located in Bury St Edmunds, Craigavon, Salisbury and Teesside Park
Primark plans to invest £140 million in its shops over the next two years as it boosts its UK presence.
The fashion retailer is planning to open four new shops, as well as relocate others.
The new stores will be located in Bury St Edmunds, Craigavon, Salisbury and Teesside Park. Primark is relocating its shops to better spots in Bradford and High Wycombe.
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The investments will boost its UK selling space by 160,000 sq ft and create at least 850 new jobs.
Primark has 190 shops in the UK and employs 30,000 people and has plans to expand to 530 shops internationally in the next four years.
“The UK is our biggest market and as we continue to grow and expand our business internationally, we remain as committed as ever to investing on our stores to offer more customers our great value clothing, beauty homewares and more,” Primark chief executive, Paul Marchant said.
The investment plans come after Primark launches its new click-and-collect trial.
The trial was launched earlier this month in 25 of the value retailer‘s stores across the North West of England, Yorkshire and North Wales.
The new service allows customers to shop online from an extensive range of kids’ products across clothing and nursery, before collecting in their nominated store on their chosen day.
The service proved popular as Primark saw its website crash following the launch.
Primark lost over £1 billion in sales during the Covid-19 pandemic when online sales boomed and it was left behind.
