Poundland Opens Two New Stores

Poundland will open a new store in St Helens, Merseyside, in August, bringing customers more choice and creating jobs in the area. The new store, at Unit 4 Ravenhead Retail Park, St Helens WA9 1JF opens on Saturday 27 August at 9am. At around 8,000 square feet, it has been designed to offer the widest product range possible and to give customers a great shopping experience. It will employ 15 full and part-time colleagues.

The investment in the new store – previously occupied by Carpetright – marks a vote of confidence in St Helens and the new store will complement the existing store at the Lagrange Arcade. It will feature the full range of Poundland’s PEP&CO clothing for the whole family.

Following a period of remarkable growth, the PEP&CO brand has become one of the top 20 clothing retailers in the UK by volume in just seven years since its launch. As well as womenswear, menswear and kidswear, it will also have a dedicated PEP&CO Home department featuring the latest 2022 ranges including kitchen storage options, faux plants, bathroom accessories and soft furnishings.

Poundland director of retail, Darren Kay, said: “Our colleagues are working hard to make sure that the new St Helens store will show off Poundland at its best and be one town can be proud of.

“It will offer customers the amazing range and value they have come to expect from Poundland, including our fantastic PEP&CO clothing and homeware, which is more important than ever when household budgets are under so much pressure."

The new store will complement Poundland’s existing network of stores in the region including Widnes, Kirkby, Leigh, Skelmersdale, Runcorn and Warrington.

St Helens Ravenhead is one of up to 25 new stores and relocations planned by the end of the year.

Meadowhall, Sheffield

Poundland is putting the finishing touches to its new store at Sheffield’s Meadowhall Retail Park –  its second new opening in the city this year.

The new store at Units D1 and D2, Meadowhall Retail Park, Sheffield S9, is due to open at 9am on Saturday 27 August (TBC).  At around 10,500 square feet, it will employ 20 full and part-time colleagues.  It will offer PEP&CO clothing for the whole family, now one of the top 20 clothing retailers in the UK by volume in just seven years since its launch.

As well as womenswear, menswear and kidswear, it will also have a dedicated PEP&CO Home department featuring the latest 2022 ranges including cushions, throws, ornaments, plants and storage.

And it will join the growing number of Poundland stores, set to pass 350 this year, to sell chilled and frozen food, powered by Fultons, the Barnsley-based frozen food specialist acquired in 2020. 

The opening on Meadowhall Retail Park, to the north of the city, follows the opening in March of Poundland at Heeley Retail Park in Chesterfield Road, Sheffield S8, to the south. The opening of the two new stores – both of them significantly larger than a typical Poundland store – marks a vote of confidence in the city.

Poundland director of retail, Darren Kay, said: “We’ve already got a strong presence in Sheffield and we’re delighted to be adding to it with our new Meadowhall Retail Park store. 

“It complements our new Sheffield Heeley store and our other locations around the city. The new store has been designed to show off Poundland at its best and like all our stores it will offer amazing value to help our customers as their household budgets feel the squeeze.”

The new store joins existing Poundland stores in the area, including Angel Street, the Moor, Castle Square, Hillsborough Barracks shopping centre, Manor Top and Meadowhall. 

Sheffield Meadowhall Retail Park is one of up to 25 new stores and relocations planned by the end of the year.

Source : Poundland

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