The popular home, leisure and garden superstore The Range has arrived in Redditch. The arrival of the store, which has moved into the former BHS unit, has been highly anticipated by shoppers, with shoppers flocking to the store on Friday to get the first glimpse at what was on offer.

The store has generated 80 new jobs in Redditch, boosting the local economy and adding a new dynamic to the retail mix available to shoppers in centre.

Spreading over two floors, The Range boasts a stock of more than 65,000 products over 16 different departments including; DIY, Arts & Crafts, Home Interiors and Homewares, as well as a seasonal department selling a wide selection of luxury garden furniture, barbeques and solar lighting.

Chris Dawson, founder of The Range, said: “Opening a new store is always an exciting moment for the company and Redditch is no exception. We look forward to welcoming the local community to their new store and explore the vast selection of quality products at low prices that we have available.”

Domonique Lippett, marketing manager at Kingfisher Shopping Centre, said: “We’re so excited to finally open The Range at Kingfisher, and so are our customers! We continually strive to improve the Centre to create a great shopping environment for our customers and this impressive new addition is the perfect fit for this space, further adding to our varied retail mix here in the Centre!”