290 jobs in store in Brighton and Eastbourne (From The Argus)
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290 jobs in store in Brighton and Eastbourne
10:40am Wednesday 27th October 2010 in News By John Keenan, business editor
Hundreds of jobs are to be created with the opening of two new stores.
California cool is set to bring 250 jobs with the arrival of fashion giant Hollister in Brighton, while 40 posts are being made available as a new branch of Family Bargains opens in Eastbourne. Hollister’s flagship store, which is part of the Abercrombie & Fitch brand and devoted to southern Californian lifestyle, will open in Churchill Square Shopping Centre in early December. The posts will range from shop assistants to managers.
A spokesman for Hollister said: “Hollister is all about hot surfers and beautiful beaches.
“The laidback lifestyle and All-American image gives Hollister an energy that s effortlessly cool. Hollister brings southern California to the world. Churchill Square centre director Sam Eastwood said: We are pleased to be welcoming Hollister to Churchill Square, adding to the centre s already strong fashion and lifestyle retailer offering. Hollister is a key fashion brand aimed at the aspirational youth market and its arrival in Brighton is symptomatic of the city s economic strength, as well as its fashion credentials.”
The opening of the Family Bargains store on Tuesday in Kingfisher Drive, Langney, Eastbourne, is the first East Sussex branch of the UK value retailer. It stocks items from 49p to £ 49.99 including big name brands such as Hoover, L’Oreal and Morphy Richards.
Hussein Lalani, the store’s co-founder and commercial director said: “We have recently launched the Family Bargain brand following the success of our main 99p stores. We found a good site in Eastbourne which offers easy transport access and good parking. We are working with the local Job Centre to fill the vacancies, which range from customer assistants to stock controllers and shelf stackers.
A spokesman for Sussex Enterprise, the county’s chamber of commerce, said councils needed to be careful about which chains they allowed to open stores in case they damaged the look of the area. He said: "All new jobs are welcome but how long will this store be there? If it goes too downmarket too fast it will devalue the other retailers and they will look elsewhere.”
Comments(15)
RAS Putin
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1:06pm Wed 27 Oct 10
In Churchill Square? I think they may be on to a loser there.
Granny
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1:41pm Wed 27 Oct 10
stephencrane
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2:50pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Granny wrote:Because Langley shopping centre is now full up and it had to go somewhere.
If Hollister is "all about hot surfers and beautiful beaches" why in blue blazes have they come to Brighton?
mark by the sea
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2:57pm Wed 27 Oct 10
rolivan
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3:19pm Wed 27 Oct 10
MissFit
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4:38pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Morpheus
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4:39pm Wed 27 Oct 10
mark by the sea
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5:02pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Morpheus wrote:i cant believe this country give out benefits for people out of work more than 6 months? benefits are meant to be a safety net, not a slumberland mattress!
Let us hope there are still some immigrants about who are capable of doing these jobs since our home grown layabouts won't be able to.
ShorehamBeachcomber
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5:03pm Wed 27 Oct 10
security word more research
Masterchav
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5:20pm Wed 27 Oct 10
kkj
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5:37pm Wed 27 Oct 10
rolivan wrote:Part of the premises it is taking over was Blue Inc, which has relocated to the former Dixon's at the front of Churchill Square.
Surely this Shop in Churchill Sq is only taking over from one that has gone broke
rolivan
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6:12pm Wed 27 Oct 10
kkj wrote:So what happened to Dixons?
rolivan wrote:Part of the premises it is taking over was Blue Inc, which has relocated to the former Dixon's at the front of Churchill Square.
Surely this Shop in Churchill Sq is only taking over from one that has gone broke
kkj
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8:25pm Wed 27 Oct 10
rolivan wrote:Its across the road in the former Sussex Stationers premises, identifiable by the sign above the door saying Currys.digital.
kkj wrote:So what happened to Dixons?rolivan wrote: Surely this Shop in Churchill Sq is only taking over from one that has gone brokePart of the premises it is taking over was Blue Inc, which has relocated to the former Dixon's at the front of Churchill Square.
rolivan
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11:26am Thu 28 Oct 10
kkj wrote:and what happened to sussex stationers
rolivan wrote:Its across the road in the former Sussex Stationers premises, identifiable by the sign above the door saying Currys.digital.
kkj wrote:So what happened to Dixons?rolivan wrote: Surely this Shop in Churchill Sq is only taking over from one that has gone brokePart of the premises it is taking over was Blue Inc, which has relocated to the former Dixon's at the front of Churchill Square.
John Steed says...
12:47pm Wed 27 Oct 10