Hobbycraft lays out requirements as it targets seven new openings in 2025
18th March 2024 | Jack Oliver
Hobbycraft has laid out its criteria for new stores, as it looks to continue expanding in 2024 and through to next year.
The arts and crafts retailer – which operates 120 stores in the UK – is set to open five new stores this year and is targeting a further seven in 2025.
Hobbycraft is looking for Class E units with a ground floor area of between 5,000 and 10,000 sq ft, either on retail parks or as standalone units with car parking.
Target locations include:
- Aberystwyth
- Abingdon/Didcot
- Andover
- Barnstaple
- Bexhill/Hastings
- Bishop’s Stortford
- Bradford
- Bury St Edmunds
- Cardiff
- Carmethen/Haverfordwest
- Chippenham
- Christchurch
- Doncaster
- Durham
- Enfield
- Fareham/Hedge End
- Folkestone
- Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft
- Grimsby
- Guildford
- Harrogate
- Hove
- Huddersfield
- Huntingdon
- Keighley
- Kidderminster
- Kingston/Twickenham
- Lancaster/Morecombe
- Leamington Spa/Warwick
- Leatherhead
- Leicester
- Llandudno
- London
- Loughborough
- Macclesfield
- Malvern
- Manchester
- Middlesbrough
- Oldham
- Portsmouth
- Redhill/Reigate
- Rotherham
- Scunthorpe
- Shrewsbury
- Slough
- St Albans/Hemel Hempstead
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sutton Coldfield
- Torquay/Paignton
- Trowbridge
- Wakefield
- Welwyn Garden City
- Weston-super-Mare
- Wrexham
Park Place Retail has been retained by Hobbycraft to find suitable locations.