Primark - Stores

Stores

Primark expanded rapidly in the UK in the mid-2000s. In 2005 they bought the Littlewoods chain for £409m, retaining 40 of the 119 stores and selling the rest. They opened in the Meadowhall Centre in mid-2007.

The largest Primark store is located on Market Street, Manchester, England occupying 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) of retail space, spread over three floors. The Market Street store is also currently under refurbishment and extension to add an extra 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) of retail space to the ground and first floors. Primark is currently expanding its Mary Street store in Dublin and Newcastle store with plans to relaunch them as Flagship stores.

In May 2006, the first Primark store outside the UK and Ireland opened in Madrid, Spain. In December 2008, Primark opened its first stores in the Netherlands, followed in 2009 by its first stores in Portugal, Germany then Belgium. In July 2012, Primark opened a new Flagship Store in Berlin, Germany. Primark opened its first store in Austria on 27 September 2012 in Innsbruck, this was followed by another store in Vienna which opened in October 2012.

There are plans to launch in Poland.