Cashmere label Brora to open Edinburgh Airport store

Cashmere brand Brora is to open a branch at Edinburgh Airport

The 800 square foot outlet, which will be located airside in the main terminal building, is set to open in late February as part of a major redevelopment of the airport’s retail space.

Victoria Stapleton, founder and creative director of Brora, said: “We pitched against various other cashmere brands but the airport chose us for our authenticity, heritage, style and range and as significantly, our commitment to make our cashmere in Scotland.”

Close to 300 workers in and around Hawick rely on Brora for their livelihood and the firm said yesterday that it hoped to re-employ some of those recently made redundant from Hawick Knitwear in the Borders town.

The brand has 15 stores, including branches in London shopping hotspots Sloane Square and Covent Garden.