Fashion chain expands

A BUDGET fashion and homeware chain has opened two new shops in the Lothians.

Store Twenty One, previously known as QS, has opened new units at the Westside Plaza shopping centre in Wester Hailes and on Musselburgh’s High Street.

The stores are part of a UK-wide expansion by the Solihull-based retailer, which has over 215 stores.

Ross Wilkie, an associate at property firm Cushman & Wakefield, which represented Store Twenty One on both lettings, said: “The transition from QS to Store Twenty One has been hugely successful elsewhere in the UK, providing the brand with the confidence to acquire their first two new stores in Scotland.

“Scotland is very much on the company’s radar and they are looking for further sites.”