Schuh announces London expansion

Footwear retailer Schuh is to launch three new stores

in London, including two on Oxford Street as part of the company’s plans to expand its business in central London.

The first of the new stores will be a 3,000 square foot store on the west side of Oxford Street, opposite the new Park House development in the former River Island unit in October. This will be followed by a 1,600 square foot store in the new Jubilee Mall extension in Canary Wharf in November.

The third store will be opening in early 2016 as part of the Oriana development at the east end of Oxford Street and will sit adjacent to Primark.

Phil Whittle, Schuh's head of store operations, said: "As a retailer who started life in Scotland 32 years ago, these three London signings form part of our wider five-year strategy to increase our southern footprint and gain market share in the capital.

"We already have one very successful store on Oxford Street, where we have traded since 2004, and are delighted that these three new stores will give the London shopper even more exposure to Schuh and more choice about where to buy their shoes."

The Livingston-based firm currently operates more than 90 stores across the UK and Ireland, and by the end of the year it plans to open 18 stores, as part of its wider growth plans.