M&S is investing £50m to open new and upgraded stores across the North West of England, creating 300 new jobs.
The retailer‘s investment programme kicked off on Friday (28 March) with the reopening of a full-line store at Warrington’s Gemini Retail Park.
M&S also plans to open six new stores in Speke, Formby, Thornton-Cleveleys, Warrington, Blackburn, and Bolton, and relocate the New Mersey Retail Park store from a food hall to a full-line store, Retail Week reported.
These additions will expand M&S’s space by 100,000sq ft, as part of its broader store renewal and transformation programme. The retailer is targeting 180 “higher quality, higher productivity full-line stores” and 100 “bigger, better” food locations by the 2028 financial year.
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The revamped Gemini branch features a larger clothing and home section, expanded beauty department, and a bigger Food Hall.
M& S property director Will Smith said: “As we reshape for growth, we want to open new stores we can be proud of and that deliver the best possible shopping experience for customers. Our pipeline for 2025 demonstrates our continued investment in market-leading stores as we deliver our transformation priorities.
“We have the opportunity in the North West of England to continue investing in market-leading stores as part of our renewal and rotation strategy.”
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