Official Twitter handle looking at Retail Activity in Belfast and across Northern Ireland. Provides News, Facts, Figures, Updates and Exclusive Content.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined January 2015
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Another retail consultancy has identified 85 RETAILERS without a presence in #Belfast or across #NorthernIreland.
Again not a great picture considering the vacant properties across Northern Ireland.
More needs to be done to attract potential inward investment!
#Retail #News – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
Retail Belfast retweeted
All of Sainsbury’s petrol stations in Northern Ireland are being sold after a deal was signed between the supermarket and the company behind the ‘Go’ forecourts.
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DERMALOGICA
Dermalogica are closing their #Belfast location.
Read @MargaretCan article on the closure below:
Skincare giant announces closure of Belfast store ‘after many wonderful years’ belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
#Retail #Belfast #NorthernIreland #Beauty #Dermalogica @BelTel
THE BOULEVARD
Recent openings at #NorthernIreland only dedicated outlet #TheBoulevard include:
- #Crocs
- #HollywoodBowl
- #Kukoon
- #WeirdFish
With #Hollister opening soon.
#Retail #Belfast #Outlet #Shopping #Banbridge #Entertainment #Bowling #Fashion #Interiors
MENKIND
Gadget and gift retailer @Menkind open their first #NorthernIreland store tomorrow (24 September 2026) @CastleCourt #Belfast.
This is the first of a handful of (planned) stores opening in #NorthernIreland in the future.
#NewToBelfast #Castlecourt #Menkind #Retail
Retail Belfast retweeted
Knott’s Bakery is entering an exciting new chapter with the opening of its latest store in the Forestside Shopping Centre, in partnership with one of Northern Ireland’s best-known patisserie names, Lazy Claire.
Read more: tinyurl.com/42fdpkb3
Retail Belfast retweeted
Knott’s Bakery is entering an exciting new chapter with the opening of its latest store in the Forestside Shopping Centre, in partnership with one of Northern Ireland’s best-known patisserie names, Lazy Claire.
Read more: tinyurl.com/42fdpkb3
WREN
Kitchen & Bedroom specialist @WrenKitchens open their third Northern Ireland showroom tomorrow (Friday 18 Sep. 26) at Crescent Link Retail Part in #Derry~#Londonderry.
#Retail #Belfast #Wren #Bedroom #Kitchen #NorthernIreland
MATALAN
Value retailer @Matalan plan to open a 45,000 sq ft store at Bridgewater Retail Park, #Banbridge (next to The Boulevard complex).
The planning application has been submitted to the local council to combine two units at the Retail Park.
#Matalan #Retail #NorthernIreland
NORTH FACE
Northern Ireland’s first #NorthFace store opens tomorrow at #Belfast @Victoria_Square (10 September 2026).
#NewToBelfast #Belfast #VSQ #Retail #Fashion #NorthernIreland
Retailer Office is opening a store in south Belfast shopping centre Lesley Forestside, Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH will be opening their first standalone store in Northern Ireland tomorrow (20 August 2026) at @Victoria_Square #Belfast.
Doors open at 10am.
#NewToBelfast #Retail @Abercrombie #Abercrombie @RetailBelfast
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH
American fashion chain @Abercrombie will be opening their first standalone store in #NorthernIreland.
The store will be opening at @Victoria_Square #Belfast soon.
Exact opening date is tbc.
#AbercrombieAndFitch #Retail #Fashion #VSQBelfast #NewToBelfast
VISION EXPRESS
Optical chain @VisionExpress will be moving into their new home in William Street South (in the short lived Russell & Bromley unit).
Exact date is still tbc.
#VisionExpress #Retail #Belfast #Shopping #NorthernIreland – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
THE MIDDLE ALE (LIDL)
The world’s first Lidl Pub, to open in Greater Belfast.
#TheMiddleAle #Lidl #Belfast #NorthernIreland #Dundonald
Owned by the supermarket chain Lidl, this public house is a 'world first' for the brand.
bbc.in/4a1mx9I
Retail Belfast retweeted
Looks like this will be the new restaurant as part of the new Yotel hotel, which is being built at the end of Botanic Avenue in south Belfast
Retail Belfast retweeted
Gravis submits planning application for major mixed-use development in Aberdeen
Read more here👇
gravisplanning.com/insights/…
THE QUAYS SHOPPING CENTRE
Quays Shopping Centre in Newry exits administration after Belfast lender steps in belfasttelegraph.co.uk/area/…
@MargaretCan #Retail #Belfast #TheQuays #Newry #NorthernIreland @BelTel #Fashion
Retail Belfast retweeted
Photos show Lidl's first ever pub preparing to open in NI belfastlive.co.uk/news/north…
BOOTS:
Boots to open new stores as it marks 60 years in Northern Ireland belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
@MargaretCan #Retail #Belfast #Boots #NorthernIreland @BelTel @BELFASTCITY_AIR @belfastairport
Retail Belfast retweeted
The Mike Ashley-controlled Frasers Group has bought both The Boulevard in Banbridge and The Junction in Antrim. Comes a decade after the Murdock family's property dev vehicle Lotus bought both sites for around £40m in 2016 with Tristan Capital.
Story: tinyurl.com/2uhrn3jd
