M&S has opened its latest super-sized store and Wheatley Doncaster comes with a 20,000 sq ft fashion & beauty extension. The brand-new fashion section offers womenswear, menswear, kidswear, beauty and a seasonal Christmas gift shop.
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Central are M&S’s AW25 collections, “including everyday to occasion dresses in womenswear and statement silhouettes in outerwear, including reworked heritage checks”.
Meanwhile menswear features its expanded Autograph collections with “premium fabrics, quality craftsmanship, and timeless pieces, including best-selling styles such as the Supima Cotton Autograph T-Shirt”.
The equally-brand-new beauty offer includes Apothecary products, FreshElements and Burst Bodycare.
M&S Wheatley Doncaster is one of 12 M&S stores across the UK currently undergoing a renewal this financial year. Of the 16 new stores opening so far, two of them are full-line stores and two of them are in outlet destinations.
The latest include Nugent Shopping Park in Orpington, on the outskirts of London, Aberdeen Union Square as part of a 97,300 sq ft redevelopment, the Gemini Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, plus the new store at Mersey Retail Park in Speke.
M&S said the openings were “significantly accelerating [our] store rotation” programme with 16 new, nine extended and 12 renewed stores opening this financial year, using investment of over £300 million.
As part of this investment, it aims to have 180 full-line, as well as 420 food halls, serving its 32 million customers by the end of FY28, and over 300 new locations are being considered for new stores across the UK.
