{"id":159200,"date":"2017-07-31T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T14:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/quiz-to-open-debut-leicester-store-at-highcross\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:45:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:45:45","slug":"quiz-to-open-debut-leicester-store-at-highcross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/quiz-to-open-debut-leicester-store-at-highcross\/","title":{"rendered":"QUIZ to open debut Leicester store at Highcross"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fast fashion retailer QUIZ has signed a lease for a new store in Leicester's Highcross centre; the 279sqm store will be its first in the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The store will be located in the upper east mall of the Hammerson-owned centre and will house the brand's full range of fashion, footwear and accessories.<\/p>\n QUIZ, which made its debut on London's junior stock exchange AIM on Friday<\/a>, has promised an ambitious retail roll-out in the next two years with 20 new stores and 20 new concessions<\/strong>. It already operates 72 standalone stores and 160 concessions in the UK and Republic of Ireland and is present in 19 countries\u00a0through 65 franchised stores, wholesale accounts and international online partners.<\/p>\n Chief executive Tarak Ramzan said: \"We are excited to be opening our first Leicester store in Highcross. The new opening will increase the QUIZ presence in the East Midlands<\/strong> and we are confident that Highcross, with its broad range of retailers and leisure opportunities, will complement our existing estate.\u201d<\/p>\n Hammerson UK commercial director Iain Mitchell added: \"The signing marks another brand looking to take space at Highcross, following the exciting news of both Zara and JD Sports upsizing to new flagship stores<\/strong>, reinforcing the centre\u2019s position as the region\u2019s premier retail and leisure destination.\u201d<\/p>\n QUIZ shares began trading on AIM on Friday morning at an opening price of 161p, giving the business a market capitalisation of \u00a3200m. It had a successful first day's trading with shares rising by 20%<\/strong> valuing the business at \u00a3245m, as reported by the Financial Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":147661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10585,6,10494],"tags":[11950,8,12119,12120,11795,35,9,11952],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n