'No plans to close' M&S in Worthing, despite host of rumours online suggesting otherwise
M&S has confirmed it has no plans to close its store in Worthing.
It comes after weeks of rumours circulating online that the national retailer was looking to close its town centre branch in Montague Street. Speculation was also rife the iconic UK brand would open up a food hall-only business in the old Debenhams building in South Street, which is currently being refurbished.
But an M&S spokesperson said this week: “We can confirm that at the moment there are no plans to close the current store.
“While we are always looking for ways to expand and improve our customer offering, including potential sites for new food halls which you might have seen news on over the past few days, there are no firm plans for a new food hall in the former Debenhams building or any other changes to the existing store.
"Anything suggested otherwise is purely speculation and is not something we would comment on. As things develop, local communities will be given information on any new openings.”
yesterday, M&S released a list of 500 target locations it is considering for an M&S Food store – and locations in Sussex and Surrey are included on the list.
The full list of target locations in Sussex and Surrey are:
- Acorn Park Crawley
- Billingshurst
- Bognor Regis
- Burgess Hill
- Cranleigh
- Crowborough
- East Grinstead
- Fetcham/Leatherhead
- Haslemere
- Haywards Heath
- Heathfield
- Lewes
- North Brighton
- Oxted
- Reigate
- Rustington
- Seaford
- Storrington
- West Woking
- Worthing