Debenhams closed its doors in 2021 in a move which caused a seismic shock in the retail world as the high street name vanished after more than 200 years of trading. The one on Market Street and the store at The Trafford Centre both closed in May 2021 following a fire sale.
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Is Debenhams still open in the Trafford Centre?
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By May 15, all Debenhams will close their high street shops for the final time in its centuries-long history. Both the Trafford Centre and the Market Street branches of Debenhams will close on this date, though many other sites across the UK will shut earlier, on May 12.
What’s replacing Debenhams in Trafford Centre?
The new store will bring its fashion, beauty and home offering together in a single 65,000 sq ft space. UK fashion and home retailer Next has signed a new 10-year lease with Trafford Centre to create a large, new department style store, expected to open in November 2022.
Who has taken over Debenhams in the Trafford Centre?
Next
Next area manager Mike Barrow said: “At Next we are excited to be able to bring all of our products together in one destination within the Trafford Centre.
What is Debenhams Trafford Centre?
Debenhams was a firm-favourite for shoppers at the Trafford Centre and was so iconic that it practically had its own corner. Situated over four floors and with its own escalators to boot, it was like visiting a shopping centre within a shopping centre.
Do Debenhams stores still exist?
Nearly 90% of former Debenhams stores are still empty, almost a year after the department store retailer closed its doors for the final time.
Has Debenhams Manchester closed down?
Debenhams has returned to the high street under new owners Boohoo with a beauty store at Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre.
What shop is replacing Debenhams?
Debenhams
| Debenhams’ former flagship store on Oxford Street, London | |
|---|---|
| Fate | Liquidation, folded into Boohoo.com |
| Successor | Debenhams.com |
| Headquarters | 334–348 Oxford Street, London, England, UK |
| Area served | UK Denmark more |
What is replacing Debenhams?
Frasers will be taking up the city shopping centre’s biggest unit previously occupied by Debenhams for more than a decade before it closed in May, last year, to the sadness of many shoppers.
Is Trafford Centre or Metrocentre bigger?
Despite its status as the biggest, Metrocentre is not Intu’s most valuable venture. Intu Trafford Centre in Manchester is currently the group’s most successful shopping center in terms of market value.
| Characteristic | Size in square meters |
|---|---|
| – | – |
What shops have closed down in Trafford Centre?
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- Thorntons. Thorntons announced they were closing all their shops in March 2021, putting 600 jobs at risk.
- Topshop. Topshop went into administration in late 2020.
- Debenhams.
- Topman.
Is Trafford Centre closing down?
As the country once again went into lockdown last week, many stores closed at the Trafford Centre. However, in the announcement today, bosses confirmed that ‘the centre will continue to run as normal under new management‘.
Who is taking over Debenhams?
The Frasers Group has recently taken over the 130,000 sq ft former Debenhams store in Gateshead in the North East, which will become home to Sports Direct and Flannels. Blackpool’s former Debenhams store, which closed in May 2021, has retail space spread over three floors.
What is happening to Debenhams store Manchester?
The Debenhams stores at The Trafford Centre and the big one in Manchester city centre on Market Street closed in May 2021 after selling off stock during a fire sale. However, the name did return to the high street in the city with the Debenhams.com Beauty store in the Upper Mall of the Manchester Arndale centre.
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What is bigger Trafford Centre or Arndale?
Over the years the Arndale has expanded and extended and has become larger than the Trafford centre. Some of the shops are massive (Next, Topshop) it has a link bridge to Selfridges and some escalators that bring you right onto the high street (Market Street) if you want to extend your trip further.
Will Debenhams ever open again?
A Debenhams shop is to reopen in the UK for the first time since the chain was bought out of liquidation for £55m by Boohoo. A flagship Debenhams beauty store will launch at Manchester’s Arndale, selling cosmetics, fragrance and skincare products.
Are there any Debenhams stores in UK?
Department store Debenhams has created their biggest and best ever store on Oxford Street. Across seven floors, five of which are dedicated to fashion, they have created a fresh destination for high street shopping under one roof.
Is Debenhams online only now?
Debenhams could return to high street with new store after being online-only since May. Debenhams could be about to reopen a physical store after shutting its last ones in May this year. The chain, which first opened in 1778, shut its last remaining 12 stores earlier this year as new owner Boohoo took it online-only .
Which Debenhams stores have reopened?
THE following Debenhams stores have already reopened:
- Banbury.
- Basildon.
- Barrow.
- Basingstoke.
- Bath.
- Bedford.
- Belfast.
- Beverley.
What did Debenhams Manchester used to be?
This was then a direct rival to the Lewis’s store, on the opposite side of Market Street. In 1973 Debenhams, the owner of Paulden’s rebranded the store in their name. It remained Debenhams until its closure in 2021, outlasting other Manchester department stores, including Lewis’s, Affleck & Brown and C&A.