Meet Peppa Pig this Easter

Children's TV favourite, Peppa Pig is set to visit Gretna Gateway Outlet Village this Easter Sunday 4th April as part of a fantastic programme of events for shoppers.

Peppa Pig is one of the most popular characters on children's television and young fans and shoppers will have the chance to see her during five special Meet and Greet sessions on Easter Sunday at Gretna Gateway held between 11am and 4pm.

Other Easter entertainment includes clowns and pipe bands and shoppers can also get ready for the new Spring season with a host of great-value bargains in stores including Gap Outlet and Marks and Spencer. Gretna Gateway is open seven days a week from 10am until 6pm including the Easter Bank Holiday.

Gretna Gateway welcomes even more new stores and over 60 job opportunities.

 

On top of the six new stores that opened in October...Gap, Urban, Double Two, Denby, Lakeland Fine Leather, and Arran Aromatics, 3 more new stores opened in time for Christmas - Ponden Home, Trespass and the Whisky Shop.

Collectively these new stores bring over sixty jobs to the local community. And with roughly 400 people now working at Gretna Gateway Outlet Village, we are one of the area's biggest employers, and have had lots to celebrate in this our 10th anniversary year.

Record numbers of visitors

Gretna Gateway Outlet Village has proved to be a really popular shopping destination with more and more visitors every year. All-year-round value has become increasingly important to shoppers, who need to know they are getting the most for their money. With big reductions off big brands every day we are pleased that Gretna Gateway seems to be giving customers just what they want during a recession.

Many families are holidaying at home this year and taking advantage of the Outlet Village's prime location just off the motorway on the Scottish-English border. This strategic site attracts significant drive-by traffic travelling to or from Scotland, Northern Ireland and other key holiday destinations including the Lake District and Hadrian's Wall country.

Gretna Gateway general manager, Peter Gardner said; "We're obviously delighted that some of the High Street's biggest names have decided to locate their latest outlet stores here, adding nine great new shopping opportunities for our growing customer base. Despite the recession, 2009 has seen an impressive increase in both visitor numbers and sales to date, and these latest additions will further widen our appeal to both existing and potential shoppers. We were also delighted to receive planning permission to extend the outlet village by a further 15,000 sq ft - a move that will bring additional much-needed jobs to the area in the coming years."
 

 

Border store staff in charity challenge

Fundraising continues for M&S' biggest ever local charity fundraising campaign as employees across the UK pledge their support to raise £1.25 million in 125 days for local community charities as part of the retailer's 125th anniversary celebrations.
M&S employees in Gretna's Outlet have now chosen the local charity that they will be fundraising for over the coming months. The Gretna store is committed to raising £1500 for Gretna Day Centre for the re-decoration of their dining room.
Fundraising teams from each of the M&S stores in Scotland will be leading their colleagues in a host of activities to raise as much money as possible for each of the local charities they are supporting. The Gretna store took part in a fun day where staff dressed in pyjamas for the day and held a car boot sale and cake bake. The M&S outlet will also be taking part in a fun weekend at the Gretna Gateway Outlet Village on July 25 and 26 and will be donating profits generated from the fun weekend to Gretna Day Centre. Store staff will be assisting at the bouncy castle, with face painters and holding a tombola with prizes donated by local businesses.

Gap Outlet opening October 2009

NEWS RELEASE
                                                                August 2009

Gap Joins Retailer Sign-ups at Gretna Gateway

Leading High Street retailer Gap is one of three new stores set to open at Gretna Gateway Outlet Village in Dumfries & Galloway in the coming weeks. 

Gap Outlet will commence trading at the popular shopping destination by October when it will join additional new  sign-ups Lakeland Leather and Double Two, both of which are due open their doors in September. Cumbrian-based Lakeland Leather will sell a range of goods including jackets, coats and accessories, with Double Two retailing a mix of its signature shirt collections together with an extensive range of ladies’ and menswear. Discussions are also at an advanced stage with several further retailers to join the existing tenant line-up of over 50 stores which includes Austin Reed, Game, Cadbury, Costa Coffee and a Marks & Spencer Outlet which is currently extending its existing retail space at Gretna Gateway by over 25 per cent.

The news follows a successful trading year to date at Gretna Gateway with visitor numbers consistently ahead of last year and like-for-like sales up 6% in the first six months of 2009 and up 11% for the month of July.  Part of this increase has been attributed by the Gretna Gateway management to the increased number of people holidaying at home this year and taking advantage of the Outlet Village’s prime location just off the motorway on the Scottish-English border.  This strategic site attracts significant drive-by traffic travelling to or from Scotland, Northern Ireland and other key holiday destinations including the Lake District and Hadrian’s Wall country. 

Gretna Gateway general manager, Peter Gardner said; “We’re obviously delighted that a huge high street name like Gap has decided to locate its latest outlet store here. Together with Lakeland Leather and Double Two, this adds three great new shopping opportunities for our growing customer base.  Despite the recession, 2009 has seen an impressive increase in both visitor numbers and sales to date and these latest additions will further widen our appeal to both existing and potential shoppers, with even more arrivals for them to look forward to in the coming months.” 

Gretna Gateway Outlet village is open seven days a week from 10am until 6pm.  Further information on letting opportunities at Gretna Gateway is available by contacting Charles Dring of CDH Property on Tel: 0207 734 2080.  
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More and more popular every day!

 

Easter shoppers flocked to Gretna Gateway Outlet Village in record numbers over the Easter holidays. News of our outstanding offers and unbeatable prices must be spreading with 30% more visitors than last year and record-breaking sales figures.

 

M & S Outlet extension now fully open.

Marks & Spencer Outlet have now completed and fully opened their store extension at Gretna Gateway, and having increased their sales area by over 25% they can now extend some existing product ranges and introduce others they have not been able to hold previously, which is great news for everyone. 

Gretna Gateway General Manager Peter Gardner said "This is great news for M&S, for us, and for all of our customers. M&S recognise that there is still untapped potential for them here and this extension (which coincides with a lease extension too) will allow them to make the most of this in the months and years ahead. We look forward to an even longer and even more successful future with M&S at Gretna Gateway."

£10,000 Gretna Gateway Windfall

Farmers Wife, Helen Abbott from Scaleby near Carlisle was celebrating this week as she picked up a cheque for £10,000 courtesy of Gretna Gateway Outlet Village.