Marks & Spencer (M&S) has unveiled plans to invest £30m in ‘bricks and mortar’ stores across Scotland over the next 18 months.
The retailer’s investment will deliver more than five new store openings and expansions across the country, with £15m allocated for the expansion of M&S Aberdeen Union Square (pictured), which will almost double in size next year.
Sacha Berendji, operations director at M&S, said: “This is our biggest ever investment in Scotland, putting £30m into transforming the shopping experience for customers in Aberdeen, Largs, Dundee and Linlithgow – bringing new jobs across the country with bigger, better, fresh-market style foodhalls and new opportunities for Scottish shoppers to access our best-ever, most inspiringly presented clothing, home and beauty range.”
Rachel Rankine, North East regional manager for M&S, added: “The scale of our investment is a vote of confidence in the future of retail in Aberdeen city centre, with a flagship store on the same scale as city centre stores in Birmingham and Liverpool. Where we have already invested in new formats, our customers have responded to the destination shopping experience and Aberdeen shoppers can look forward to having a bigger, better, fresher food hall and the best in M&S clothing and home.”
