Wolverhampton welcomes TJ Hughes back to the city centre

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After going missing for years in Wolverhampton, the family-favourite discount store - TJ Hughes- has finally made a comeback to the city, opening its doors in the Mander Centre just in time for Christmas.

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00:00My name is Jason Hobber, I'm Chief Operating Officer at TJK.

00:04We took key handover from the centre and the landlords two Wednesdays ago.

00:09So we've been two weeks in the making.

00:12We have a Black Friday opening weekly.

00:15We have 50 red envelopes with gift vouchers in for the first 50 customers coming down.

00:20The first customer gets the biggest cash reward.

00:23We have air fryers at £55, we've got microwaves at £50.

00:28We've got brands like Lacoste, Nike, Brandler, Gucci, Clinique. Brands for everybody.

00:35So TJ Hughes used to be in Wolverhampton.

00:38In its history, there was a very strong affiliation between TJ Hughes and the community of Wolverhampton.

00:45So we've been waiting for the right opportunity to move back into the city.

00:49And the opportunity arose with this vacant unit and we jumped at the chance to do that.

00:54We're on an expansion programme now. We'd like to get it back up to 50 stores in the estate.

00:59So this is part of that programme.

01:01When we came down to the city and we did a recruitment drive, we've taken on 26 new members of staff.

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