New County Durham discount department store to create local jobs upon opening

Local community retailer The Original Factory Shop is set to open its brand-new Chester-le-Street store on Saturday June 17, expanding its store portfolio to 186 and has created 10 jobs in the local community.

The department store is also offering free gift cards to the first customers through its doors. The store will perform a prize draw lucky dip for the first 50 paying customers, with values of up to £100 to be won.

The new look discount department store will be situated on Font Street and will see the retailer bring its range of great value branded clothing and footwear, garden and outdoor products, pet products, electricals, homewares, a party shop service and reserve and collect to Chester-le-Street customers and residents.

Adding a “unique offering” to Chester-le-Street’s shopping area, customers will be able to purchase big brands with savings of up to 70 per cent. Brands stocked at the store will include the likes of Adidas, Nike, Clinique, Olay, Ralph Lauren, Converse, Hugo Boss and Emporio Armani.

It is running a set of special in-store only offers from opening up until July 19. As a result of the move, The Original Factory Shop will be creating 10 jobs in the local community.

Michelle Ryan, regional business development manager, commented: “TOFS is a national business made up of over 180 local businesses, so we’re really excited to be coming to Chester-le-Street and serving the local community.

“Our store will be run by local people from Durham, and we’ve started recruiting for 10 job positions and are keen to hear from candidates so that we’re ready to start serving up great value products when the new store opens on Saturday June 17.”

North East property consultancy @retail brokered the letting on behalf of the landlord. Pete Townsend, associate director at @retail, added: “We are delighted to have secured a very swift and successful letting for our client.

“Chester le Street is a popular retail destination and we were able to deliver three competitive proposals from interested parties, which resulted in the letting to TOFS within a matter of weeks.”

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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