River Island to open store at Morfa site
HIGH-STREET giant River Island is opening a new store in Morfa Shopping Park, Swansea, it has been confirmed.
Eagle-eyed shoppers spotted the boards up outside the former New Look unit, between Boots and Argos.
River Island is set to move in only a couple of months after New Look closed its doors to customers, directing them to its city centre store.
The store sells a range of men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and accessories including tops, trousers, swimwear, jackets and coats, hoodies and sweatshirts, flip-flops, hats, gloves, towels, socks and bags.
The store is set to open in May and will become the third branch in Swansea, joining the ones on Oxford Street and Fforestfach Retail Park. It will also be surrounded by other fashion retailers Next and TK Maxx on the retail park.
The park was created around the Liberty Stadium with people venturing there for its wide selection of discount clothing, electronics, fast-food restaurants and homeware.
The former occupiers of the unit, New Look, vacated the premises in February, joining the likes of Frankie & Benny’s and Outfit to leave Morfa. Outfit is yet to be replaced.
At the time, a New Look spokesperson said: “Regrettably, the New Look store in Swansea will be closing in February after the landlord decided to exit the lease early. Whilst it was therefore not our decision to close the store, we are focusing on supporting our store colleagues and where possible finding alternative roles for them within the business. Customers will still be able to shop the styles they love online at newlook.com or by downloading our app.”