Poundland to open and relocate 75 Wilko stores

Yorkshire Post

Poundland today confirmed that for the three months to December it plans to open or relocate 75 stores, including the Wilkos it has already re-opened as Poundland.

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00:00 Hello, my name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.

00:05 And here are your business headlines for this morning.

00:08 Poundland has today confirmed it intends to open or relocate 75 stores over three months

00:13 to the end of December, which it says is the largest three-month opening programme in its

00:18 history.

00:19 The programme covers both its existing pipeline of new stores and the former Wilco stores

00:24 it has already opened or plans to open as new Poundland stores.

00:28 This month, a discount retailer already opened new stores in Telford and Stafford and it

00:32 plans additional openings and relocations soon.

00:35 The precise opening dates for each of these new stores and relocations will be confirmed

00:39 in the coming weeks.

00:41 New stores Poundland plans to open this quarter include an additional former Wilco in Birmingham,

00:45 six former M&Co units in Portishead, Crewe, Kern, Midsomer, Norton, Famersham, Newport

00:50 and Wells.

00:51 And its new store in Watford will also be a major milestone for Poundland, for it's

00:56 the first time it will move to part of a former John Lewis store, bringing its clothing and

01:01 homeware ranges to a new audience, according to Poundland.

01:05 So a sign there that Poundland certainly is plotting expansion as we prepare for the extremely

01:11 busy Christmas trading season, as it confirms plans to open or relocate 75 stores between

01:18 now and the end of December.

01:22 My name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Times.

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