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Fashion retailer Cotton On Group has been confirmed as the new store to open in Gladstone Stockland.
The retail group, which offers on-trend fashion for men and women, will move into the centre after fashion giant, Lorna Jane closed its doors last month. Cotton On will be located where the former Lorna Jane store used to be.
Stockland Gladstone centre manager Diana Mitchell said the Cotton On store would nicely complement the many existing brands on offer.
“We are thrilled to provide our customers with an even wider variety of fashion retailers at our centre here in Gladstone,” Ms Mitchell said.
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The looming closure of Lorna Janeâs Gladstone store was âinstigatedâ by Stocklandâs centre management, according to the activewear company.
Lorna Jane Gladstone first opened in September 2013 but after eight years of providing the community with activewear, the Stockland Gladstone store will close on January 27. Lorna Jane state sales manager Paula McLachlan, with the girls from Physio and Fitness Gladstone, at the opening of Gladstone s first store in 2013. Photo Kara Irving/The Observer.
A Lorna Jane spokesman said it was not the companyâs intention to leave Stockland Gladstone.
âThe move in the centre was instigated by centre management, not by us, as they needed the space for a new tenant,â the spokesman said.
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Subscriber only With the winds of change sweeping the Gladstone retail scene, one clothing store has reaffirmed its commitment to the local community. Noni-B shop assistants on Wednesday said their store was here to stay amid a Stockland Kin Kora reshuffle. Music and DVD retailer Sanity has permanently closed, with centre management unsure of whether that store will relocate. Handbag retailer retailer Strandbags, originally beside Noni B, will move into Sanity s vacant space. Menswear store Connor will move into Rockman s space and Lorna Jane will permanently close, with centre management unsure of its relocation plans either. It is believed the three stores will make way for a Cotton On outlet store.
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THE MAGIC of Christmas is in the air and Stockland Gladstone is delivering a fantastic festive season for people of all ages across the region.
Stockland Gladstone centre manager Diana Mitchell said the centre was proud to be a place where customers and community members felt comfortable to shop, socialise, and find that Christmas magic.
“We’ve worked really hard to still be able to offer many of the same, much-loved holiday experiences that customers have come to expect from their local retail centre – along with some really exciting new ones,” Ms Mitchell said.
“We’ll have special sensory-friendly sessions available, in addition to our usual Santa photos which will be slightly modified to be socially-distant.