Marks and Spencer Cheshire Oaks Superstore Opens

Marks & Spencer opened its new 151,000 sq ft store at Cheshire Oaks on Wednesday 29th August, promising a ‘new retail experience for customers’.

The store is the largest M&S in the country outside of London and will create 100’s of new jobs. The store features include free wi-fi, ‘browse and order’ screens and the largest home interiors department in the group’s UK portfolio at 18,000 sq ft.

Steve Rowe, M&S director of retail, said to Place North West: “In line with our strategy to develop an exciting, easy to shop retail experience for our customers, our Cheshire Oaks store will encapsulate the latest & very best of M&S design and cutting-edge retail technology.

“Here at our brand new flagship store, our customers will find a fresh approach to shopping and customers service, enhanced by interactive technology that creates a truly unique consumer environment. This store represents the future of retail – a dynamic, interactive space that will redefine what it is like to shop at M&S.”

Cheshire Oaks’ is the greenest store M&S has built, using carbon-absorbing hemp wall panels, rainwater harvesting and sustainable timber in the roof and first floor.

Sanderson Associates are proud to have been involved in this exciting project from its conception through to store opening, providing Highways, Traffic and Transportation Engineering Consultancy services, assisting in the stores successful delivery.

We initially reported our appointment to this scheme on the 29th January 2010 in this post within this Blog.