B&M Last year, discount retailer B&M Bargains said it plans to open up to 45 stores in the financial year, as it lifted its profit target on the back of surging sales. Knockdown prices and spacious stores helped to drive customer traffic during the lockdown period, as its stores remained open due to essential status.
B&M is a favourite with readers The company said it has been buoyed by a “strong” first half of trading, as group revenues grew by 25.3 per cent in the six months to September 26. It has proved popular amongst readers, with the majority tipping it to take the vacant Debenhams spot.
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The chain was bought by online fashion retailer Boohoo, with 118 stores axed. Topshop, which was bought out by online fashion brand ASOS, confirmed earlier this year it would not be reopening its flagship store at Churchill Square after lockdown.
Topshop s store at Churchill Square was cleared earlier this year The Arcadia retail group, which had previously owned Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT, collapsed into insolvency at the start of December last year as pandemic closures further exacerbated the group s troubles. A spokesman for New Look said: We are excited to be opening our brand new store in Churchill Square on June 10.
The building has now been put up for sale with a starting price of £3 million. A spokeswoman from BPAS confirmed the closure and said the charity was “placed out of tender” by Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group. She said: “Wiston’s clinic was one of BPAS’ first, opened more than 40 years ago, when all of our clients needed bed-rest following an abortion. “With the many changes in the way abortion is now delivered and the introduction of telemedical care for Early Medical Abortion during the pandemic, the number of surgical treatments has reduced significantly, along with the type and length of anaesthetic.
NEW Look has announced it is opening a new store in the city centre next month. The fashion retailer will open a 5200sq ft store in the old Mothercare unit on the Lower Mall in Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton on June 10. The shop will house womenswear, the 915 girls fashion and the brand’s popular accessory and shoe collections. It comes after New Look announced its store in Western Road would be closed for good earlier this year, amid the third national lockdown. A spokesman for the retailer said: “We are excited to be opening our brand new store in Churchill Square on June 10.