Animal makes waves with first UK mall store at Cribbs

Animal is set to open its first shopping centre store in the UK at Cribbs Mall in Bristol.

The surfing retailer has signed a 10-year lease to occupy a 5,000 sq ft space, which will stock the brand’s full array of sportswear, ranging from wetsuits and swimwear to snow jackets and base layers for snowboarding.

This comes amid continued success at Cribbs Mall, which has seen a 10% rise in footfall and 8% growth in sales over the past quarter.

This follows the recent news that Pizza Express is set to join Cribbs Mall, opening its second location in Cribbs Causeway.

Katie Searle, director of asset management at Sovereign Centros by CBRE, said: “Leading international brands continue to flock to Cribbs, and we are delighted to welcome Animal as our latest addition. Thanks to our extensive shopper base, for many of our brands Cribbs is consistently the best performing store across their UK portfolios. We expect Animal to perform well as the brand really resonate with our strong younger shopper demographic.

“With exciting residential development activity underway across the Cribbs Causeway area, our shopper base continues to grow, and brands are keen to secure their space at Cribbs Mall. With more new arrivals in the wings, we are continuing to enhance our retail and F&B offering to ensure we maintain our position as one of the country’s best performing retail destinations.”

Sovereign Centros by CBRE provide full asset management services across Cribbs on behalf of M&G Real Estate, while Time Retail Partners and Cushman & Wakefield are the retained letting agents for the centre with Green & Partners retained as leasing advisory.