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Primark Primark is planning to expand its chain of 173 discount fashion stores by opening eight new outlets over the next six months. 23-Apr-2008 Primark has agreed to anchor the Ealing Broadway shopping centre in London with the opening of a 70,000 sq ft fashion department store early next year. 12-Sep-2007 Primark, the discount clothing retailer, is to set up a third 422,000 sq ft warehouse at Magna Park in Lutterworth. 05-Sep-2007 Primark is planning to expand its chain of 166 discount fashion stores with up to 50 new outlets over the next four years. 25-Apr-2007 Primark is starting to recruit 247 staff for a new discount clothing store due to open at the Merry Hill Centre in Brierley Hill by summer. 06-Mar-2007 Primark is planning to expand its chain of 161 discount clothing stores with eight new sites by the end of the financial year. 27-Feb-2007 Primark is to start recruiting 100 staff for a new discount clothing store due to open in Wolverhampton in October. 21-Jun-2006 Primark is to create 90 jobs at a new discount clothing store due to open in Swansea in August. 16-Jun-2006 Primark is to open a 100,000 sq ft flagship store on London's Oxford Street in early 2007. 12-Dec-2005 Primark has suffered a major fire at its main 440,000 sq ft warehouse in Lutterworth, destroying a large proportion of its clothing stock. 03-Nov-2005 Associated British Foods is to increase the number of stores retained from the acquisition of Littlewoods for its Primark clothing chain from the previously-announced ten to about 40. 13-Sep-2005 Primark is to close its clothing store in Derby in September with the loss of 75 jobs, in order to make way for the extension of the Eagle Centre. 15-Jun-2005 Primark is planning to open a further six discount clothing stores over the next six months. 24-Feb-2004 Primark is looking to expand its chain of 116 value clothing stores, including new megastores in large cities. 09-Jun-2003 Primark is to open 12 discount clothing stores over the next year, at a cost of £100m. 18-Feb-2002 Primark is to open two discount clothing stores at former C&A outlets in Aberdeen and Dundee over the next two months, with the creation of 156 jobs. 20-Apr-2001 Primark is to set up discount clothing stores at six former C&A sites, including Lewisham, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Woking, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Harrow. 21-Sep-2000 Primark is to open a discount fashion store in Wigan town centre in August, with the creation of up to 70 jobs. 30-Jun-2000 Primark is to open a 30,000 sq ft clothing store in Reading, and about 100 office staff will relocate from Bracknell and Kilburn to the new location. 05-Mar-1999 Primark of the US has bought ICV, the UK supplier of share price data, for £67m, and the company is expected to provide direct competition with Reuters. 25-Oct-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008