Belfast news and archive

Shop, learn and be inspired at the UK’s top craft fair

Book tickets now for The Knitting & Stitching Show London, 10-13th October, Belfast, 7th-10th November, and Harrogate, 21st-24th November! Stock up on quality craft supplies from hundreds of exhibitors, selling everything from fabric and sewing machines to yarn, patterns, threads – you’ll be able to shop for your essentials all under one roof....

Retail

Deichmann to open first store in Northern Ireland

Deichmann, Europe’s largest shoe retailer, is opening its first Northern Irish store today, May 1. Located in Belfast's city centre, the 8,400 square foot store at Unit 3, The Keep, Castle Lane, has undergone a 975,000-pound refurbishment and created 20 new jobs in the local area. The store will stock a full range of footwear for the whole...

Retail

Gilly Hicks to open in Belfast

Gilly Hicks, part of the Abercrombie & Fitch group, is to open its first standalone store in Ireland after securing a new store at Victoria Square in Belfast. The new store is part of the fashion and lifestyle brand’s growth strategy and will showcase its gender-inclusive activewear, loungewear and underwear offering alongside a digital...

Retail

FitPink athleisure to open debut store in September

Athleisurewear retailer FitPink, based in Donegal, Ireland, is opening its debut bricks and mortar store in Belfast this September. The socially-conscious women’s fitness clothing brand has signed up for a 1,354 square foot unit on the Ann Street Mall, located on the upper ground level of Belfast’s Victoria Square, owned by German Commerz Real’s...

Retail

Gym+Coffee continues retail expansion

Irish athleisure brand Gym+Coffee is continuing its retail expansion with a new clubhouse opening in Belfast on August 7. The opening will mark the brand’s first in Northern Ireland and its 10th overall, adding to the two openings in London and Manchester last year. The 2,300 square foot store, located at Victoria Square in Belfast, will feature...