First look inside Primark Bury St Edmunds opening tomorrow

The fashion giant will welcome customers to its new 33,000 sq ft Bury St Edmunds store, in the former Debenhams at the arc Shopping Centre, from 10am on Wednesday.

The store will employ 150 people and opens as Primark, founded in Ireland in 1969, celebrates its 50th anniversary on English soil – having first opened in Derby in 1974. 

The fashion giant will welcome customers to its new 33,300 sq ft Bury St Edmunds store tomorrow (Image: Charlotte Bond)

Timothy Norton, store manager, said: "We've got 150 excited energised and engaged colleagues that are going to be here on day one hopefully talking to hundreds if not thousands of people at the opening moment. 

"I know there has been loads of excitement around the store - if you look at some of the media coverage and social media coverage around Bury for the last few years there has absolutely been a desire and a need for a Primark here. 

Tim Norton and Philippa Nibbs with employees (Image: Charlotte Bond)

The store will employ 150 people (Image: Charlotte Bond)

"We're super excited to be in this building, on this high street, in this community." 

Philippa Nibbs, Primark's director of sales for London and South East, said: "We're thrilled to be in Bury St Edmunds. It is a store we have been working on for some time, none of these things happen quickly, so we are delighted that we are opening tomorrow.

"It really does complete our East Anglia story, we already trade in Norwich, Ipswich, Cambridge and King's Lynn, so to be opening in Bury St Edmunds is just truly exciting." 

Inside the new Primark (Image: Charlotte Bond)

Mr Norton said he is most excited for customers to learn about and enjoy the clothing ranges that include the 'Primark Cares' items, which make up 50% of the shop's ranges and are made from recycled or more sustainably sourced cotton.

They also stock a 'circular' collection where the products are designed to be recycled. 

The front of the new store (Image: Charlotte Bond)

Tim Norton and Philippa Nibbs (Image: Charlotte Bond)

Ms Nibbs said: "Come and discover, there is something new and exciting every single day that we open and trade." 

Part of the homewares section (Image: Charlotte Bond)

Fitting room area in the new Primark (Image: Charlotte Bond)

The shop is complete with a 'Trends Room' area, which is changed every few weeks, as well as a 'Primark Edit' area which includes a slightly more premium range, as well as the essentials, kids, homewares and denim ranges. 

Primark already has shops in Ipswich and Norwich.