A RETAILER you’d never think of with more than 720 stores in the UK is set to launch concessions in Next.
The brand is one of the UK’s leading health and wellness retailers, and will appear in more shops this summer.
Holland& Barrett will open the first of three concessions on Wednesday July 10 in Next, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich.
Next is known more for clothing and homeware and already has concessions in some stores for other brand names, though they are ones Next also owns
Online furniture retailer Made was snapped up by Next after falling into administration and last year returned to the high street with plans for concessions in 10 Next stores.
Lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret, part owned by Next, also has concessions in Next stores.
Additional Holland& Barrett concessions in Next will open later this year in Silverlink Shopping Park in North Shields and a third location that’s yet to be revealed.
Holland& Barrett in Next will offer its customers a specially curated range of its top 1,000 products from its latest ranges of health and wellness solutions.
This will include leading brands, innovative services, sports nutrition, and trending beauty.
Holland& Barrett already has around 50 concessions in other stores, including Tesco and WHSmith.
Holland& Barrett has invested £70 million in the transformation of its stores, technology and new product development.
This includes the opening and renovation of over 200 stores in the UK.
Nick Gerrard, property and format director at Holland & Barrett says: “We’re investing in revitalising our store experience, taking a flexible approach to space planning and piloting new locations and store footprints.
“We’re very excited to partner with Next with our brand-new concession formats which will compliment Next’s retail offering, giving its customers easy and convenient access to the latest and trending health and wellness essentials.”
To mark the new opening Holland& Barrett will be running a sampling event July 10, 12 and 13 , as well as “spin to win” prizes and offering customers exclusive vouchers to get 20% off their first shop.
Holland & Barrett was founded in 1870 and prides itself on adding “quality years to people’s lives by making health and wellness a way of life for everyone.”
It comes as an iconic 90s retailer has revealed six further locations where it wants to open new stores with one opening in hours.
Toys R Us has plans to open 30 new shops across the UK this summer after it successfully opened almost a dozen in 2023.
And a major coffee shop chain has revealed its plans to open branches in 11 Sainsbury’s.
The popular chain will open new sites within the supermarkets throughout 2024.
Retailers opening stores
IT'S not all bad news on the high street as several retailers are bucking the trend and opening shops.
- German discounter Aldi has announced it will open 35 new UK stores this year. The openings form part of Aldi‘s long-term target of operating 1,500 stores in the UK.
- Asda has been opening hundreds of convenience stores as it looks to rival major players Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
- Purepay Retail Limited , the parent company of Bonmarché, Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) and Peacocks, Purepay Retail Limited, has said it wants to open 100 new high street stores over the next 18 months.
- Home Bargains has said it wants to “eventually have between 800 and 1,000 retail outlets open”.
- Primark is also opening new branches and investing and renovating more than a dozen of its existing shops.
- Screwfix is set to open 40 new stores nationwide as its owner, Kingfisher, seeks to expand the DIY brand’s national presence.
- Tesco has revealed plans to open 70 more stores across the UK over the next year as part of major expansion plans.
- WHSmith has turned its focus to the travel side of its business, with plans to open new sites in airports, railway stations and hospitals.
Costa Coffee will open the stores in the coming weeks and months creating over 100 jobs.
The first location is in Sainsbury’s Farlington Superstore in Portsmouth.
The coffee chain opened its doors to shoppers last week on Thursday, February 15.
Nick Ridley, property director at Costa Coffee, said: “We are excited to join forces with Sainsbury’s, bringing our much-loved Costa Coffee experiences to shoppers nationwide.
“We’re proud that we will soon be able to make a difference to customers looking to catch up with friends and family over lunch or enjoy a beloved Costa coffee after their weekly shop.”