JD Sports will open a new store in a vacant unit at Bury St Edmunds’ Arc shopping centre in time for Christmas.

East Anglian Daily Times: The HMV store at the Arc shopping centre in Bury St Edmunds, before it closed in January Picture: SARAH CHAMBERSThe HMV store at the Arc shopping centre in Bury St Edmunds, before it closed in January Picture: SARAH CHAMBERS (Image: Sarah Chambers)

The sportswear and trainer retailer will take over the store that was vacated by HMV earlier this year.

The new shop is expected to open on November 21.

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Steve Bunce, centre manager at Arc, said: “We are delighted to welcome JD Sports to arc shopping centre.

“This enhanced investment is proof of the strength of the retail offer in Bury St Edmunds, and is a further reward to our customers for the loyalty that they continue to show, both to arc as well as the town centre as a whole.

“We look forward to the opening of the new store in November.

JD Sports currently has a shop on the Buttermarket in Bury St Edmunds, but had long been rumoured to be taking up the a spot in the Arc.

HMV blamed high business rates for the closure of its Arc store in January this year.