Mike Barnard, 27 February 2007
Discount fashion chain Peacocks is set for a £21.5 million, opening 30 new stores in the UK.
The BBC reports that the retailer will create 500 jobs, with new sites at Manchester's Arndale shopping centre and Queen Street in its base city of Cardiff. There are also plans to revamp 25 key city stores, indicating the firm’s confidence in the retail sector.
Peacocks currently has 430 stores in the UK, employing 57,000 staff, and has 28 franchises overseas.
The first Peacock store opened in Warrington in 1884. The chain now has franchises in Turkey, the Middle East, Ukraine and Russia.