Retail
SWANSEA: Primark marks 50 years in Wales — with the city’s store among its first in the country
Primark is celebrating half a century on the Welsh high street, with the retailer’s Swansea store — opened in 1978…
SWANSEA: Søstrene Grene announces opening date for city centre store
On Friday 26th June at 9:59 am, Danish lifestyle brand Søstrene Grene has confirmed it will open its second Welsh…
FLYING TIGER: Firm behind former WHSmith store closure plans set to buy quirky Danish chain — we reveal what this could mean for Swansea and Carmarthen
Private equity firm Modella is close to completing a takeover of Danish variety retailer Flying Tiger Copenhagen. We reveal the…
KINGSWAY: Beloved Welsh indie record shop Tangled Parrot moves between two regeneration sites as it picks new flagship location
Twenty-six-year-old independent record shop Tangled Parrot is moving from Swansea's High Street to a new flagship store at 61 Kingsway.…
FRIED CHICKEN BOOM: Six major chicken chain openings in 18 months — and now Wingers picks Swansea for its biggest ever UK restaurant
Swansea has become the unlikely epicentre of a south-west Wales fried chicken explosion, with six major chain openings or expansions…
SWANSEA: New arrivals, fresh casualties — and the tenants tipped to fill the former Debenhams as Centurion’s big reveal nears
When we asked Swansea Bay News readers last summer which brands they most wanted to see come to the city,…
MORRISONS DAILY: Supermarket giant announces 100 convenience store closures blaming government costs — we’ve identified the south-west Wales stores that could be affected
Convenience stores in Trimsaran, Pontardawe, Neyland, Pembroke and Tenby could be among those axed as Morrisons confirms plans to close…
Kev Johns makes emotional first public appearance since stroke — to open new CK store for community he loves
Swansea entertainer Kev Johns MBE has made his first public appearance since suffering a stroke in February — cutting the…
LLANELLI: Local councillors welcome Aldi jobs but demand traffic improvements as condition of planning permission for Sandy Road supermarket
The two county councillors for the ward where Aldi wants to build a £7m supermarket on the site of Pinopolis…
TGJONES: New Deputy First Minister raises alarm over Neath Post Office threat as she writes to chain over closure risk
Sioned Williams MS, who this week became Wales's Deputy First Minister, has written to TGJones demanding answers over which stores…