H&m to open two Bath stores

Swedish fashion retailer H&M will open the first of two newstores in Bath next week.

The firm, which has been trading around the world for more than60 years, has chosen the city as the location for its 147th store inthe UK.

The new store will open in Southgate Street on Thursday November20, around a year ahead of a much larger store planned for thepounds360 million SouthGate centre.

H&M bosses said the chain has been looking at developing apresence in Bath for 'a long time'.

The firm's UK and Ireland manager Magnus Olsson said: "This greatlocation will enable us to offer our customers an exciting andinviting shopping environment.

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