Skechers and Neon Sheep raise the 'baa' at centre:mk with latest openings

This year centre:mk celebrates its fortieth anniversary, and joint owners Hermes Investment Management and AustralianSuper are pleased to announce the latest openings from Skechers and Neon Sheep, which highlight the centre’s position as a top ten national retail and leisure destination.

·       Skechers, the global footwear brand, has opened a 2,800 sq ft store at Midsummer Arcade, featuring a selection of styles for men, women and children. The store showcases the retailer’s two distinct footwear categories; lifestyle and performance footwear.

·       Trendy creative stationery and lifestyle brand, Neon Sheep, has launched their latest store at 4/6 Sunset Walk. The 1,723 sq ft unit has been designed by their in-house team and stocks the brand’s full range of novelty products, including gifts, accessories, stationery and homeware.

Ed Sellick, Asset Manager, Hermes Investment Management, on behalf of centre:mk joint owners, commented: “The relationship between store and consumer has changed since centre:mk opened forty years ago. Stores continue to play an important role for brands – our strategy to ensure centre:mk remains highly relevant and appealing for new brands is to better understand the way people shop, while continuing to invest in the centre to enhance the environment so our retailers can thrive.

“Over the last four decades we have welcomed many exciting brands looking to locate their stores at centre:mk, and the latest openings from Skechers and Neon Sheep are a great endorsement of maintaining our future as one of the leading retail and leisure destinations in the UK.”

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