One of the UK\u2019s most popular toy brands has opened its first standalone store in the country at a Kent shopping centre today.<\/p>\n
Playmobil flung open its doors at Ashford Designer Outlet at 9am.<\/p>\n
Dozens of shoppers were buying goods at Playmobil today<\/p>\n
Displaying its signature Playmobil toy – a 7.5cm human figure with a smiling face – other gifts on offer at the unit include accessories, buildings and vehicles.<\/p>\n
Shoppers normally buy the German brand\u2019s products from the likes of Argos and The Entertainer.<\/p>\n
However, the new brick and mortar store is the first of its kind in the country and the UK is only the third country after Germany and Austria to accommodate a store selling solely Playmobil merchandise.<\/p>\n
It replaces the unit formerly occupied by Moda in Pelle, in between All Saints and Tripp.<\/p>\n
Centre manager, Peter Heritage, told KentOnline: “It’s a fantastic day at Ashford Designer Outlet as we celebrate the opening of Playmobil.<\/p>\n
Ashford Designer Outlet’s centre manager, Peter Heritage<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve seen a great response from our visitors eager to explore the new store, perfectly timed for those looking to get a head start on their Christmas gifting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had just Ravensburger so we\u2019ve been quite light on that type of shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Playmobil will elevate that sector and is in a great location opposite guest services<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always want newness and we always do what we can to accommodate brands in categories we need to strengthen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Playmobil\u2019s arrival comes a month after Cadbury joined the outlet<\/a> and just 10 days after Cornish Bakery returned to the complex after an eight-year absence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Bosses say the 1,500 sq ft bakery, in the former Comptoir Libanais unit, seats 58 visitors inside, a further 61 outside and employs 22 members of staff.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, KentOnline can reveal fashion brand, Pepe Jeans, is to join the outlet tomorrow while fellow retailer Weird Fish will be unveiled on Monday.<\/p>\n It will see the centre 100% occupied for the first time since its \u00a390m extension opened six years ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the UK\u2019s most popular toy brands has opened its first standalone store in the country at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3859,84,1319,59,192,191,3868,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-274929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-ashford","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-consumer","11":"tag-gb","12":"tag-human-interest","13":"tag-kent","14":"tag-tenterden","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Playmobil has opened its doors at Ashford Designer Outlet<\/p>\n
Weird Fish will be joining Ashford Designer Outlet next week<\/p>\n