Relocated M&S store to open in Liverpool One next month

High street giant, Marks & Spencer, will open its new Liverpool store on August 15.

The retail group is relocating its current Church Street store to the former Debenhams flagship site in Liverpool One.

It will provide 70,000 sq ft of shopping space, featuring new clothing, home and beauty departments, and a fresh market-style M&S foodhall.

The new-look foodhall is designed to deliver a bigger, better and fresher experience.

Highlights include fresh displays, trusted value produce from M&S Select Farms, a bigger M&S Bakery offering freshly-baked bread, cakes and pastries throughout the day, and a dedicated M&S Wine Shop featuring an award-winning selection of drinks.

Store Manager, Kirsty Williams, who has worked at M&S for 10 years, said: “We are really excited to announce that the new M&S Liverpool One store will open on Tuesday 15th August.

“I can’t wait to welcome our local customers inside to visit the store next month and see it all for themselves.”

The store is located at the Lord Street end of Liverpool One which featured the Debenhams outlet, with the site’s other big retail name, John Lewis, at the opposite end of the city centre estate.

Debenhams closed its Liverpool One store on May 12, 2021, following the collapse of the group in December 2020.

Leisure and entertainment company, Gravity Active Entertainment, announced a £10m investment in the top two floors of the former Debenhams store in April last year, offering e-karting, bowling, urban golf and modern food and beverage, with a bar concept and live entertainment.

M&S has operated out of its current Grade II-listed Compton House department store in Church Street since 1928.

It is noted as being one of the first purpose-built department stores in Europe.

Rebuilt in 1867 after a fire destroyed the original building two year previously, Compton House was, at the time, reputed to be the world’s biggest store with five floors. It has also previously operated as an hotel.

M&S carried out a multimillion-pound refurbishment of the site in 2009.