{"id":222206,"date":"2026-05-06T17:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/222206\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:27:06","slug":"primark-plans-blow-out-grand-opening-for-new-nyc-flagship-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/222206\/","title":{"rendered":"Primark plans blow-out grand opening for new NYC flagship store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87816 size-medium\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Primark\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/170776-primark-300x225.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87816 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/170776-primark-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Primark\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"  \/>HTT file photo<\/p>\n<p>New York \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4667518-1&amp;h=1128617961&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D4273116-1%26h%3D3554858229%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.primark.com%252Fen-us%26a%3DPrimark&amp;a=Primark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Primark<\/a>, the value-oriented fashion and home goods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometextilestoday.com\/tag\/retailer\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with Retailer\" target=\"_blank\">retailer<\/a>, is throwing a party for the May 8 opening of its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometextilestoday.com\/tag\/herald-square\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with Herald Square\" target=\"_blank\">Herald Square<\/a> flagship store in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometextilestoday.com\/tag\/manhattan\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with Manhattan\" target=\"_blank\">Manhattan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 150 W. 34th St., the more than 54,000-sq.-ft. store also sits directly across from Penn Station to capture high commuter and tourist traffic. The store will stand alongside the brand\u2019s flagship stores in other fashion capitals such as London, Milan, Madrid, and Rome. This marks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometextilestoday.com\/tag\/primark\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with Primark\" target=\"_blank\">Primark<\/a>\u2018s 11th store in the state of New York and 40th\u00a0in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our biggest U.S. opportunity yet, and we can\u2019t wait to open our doors,\u201d said Kevin Tulip, president of Primark U.S. \u201cThe excitement and buzz around the brand is already building across Manhattan \u2013 from busy stores in the surrounding boroughs to lines stretching blocks at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primark.com\/en-us\/nystudio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pop-up Primark Studio in NoHo<\/a>, we\u2019re expecting strong demand from New Yorkers and tourists for the store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the store opens at 10 a.m., Primark will kick off a block party on Herald Square Plaza that runs from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule of events includes:<\/p>\n<p>All Day: Photo\u00a0opps, DJ Luna R\u00f3sa, lattes and pup cups from Joe\u2019s Coffee, promotional giveaways and pedi-cabs rides<br \/>\n10:30 a.m. to 12:30\u00a0 p.m.: Primark-inspired bagels from Liberty Bagels<br \/>\n12:30-2:30 p.m.: Classic NY\u00a0carbs from Sigmund\u2019s Pretzels<br \/>\n2:30 p.m.: Irish dance performance (and instruction) by Fusion Fighters, who combine Irish step and hip-hop<br \/>\n2:30-4:30 p.m.: NYC Kettle Corn<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Since opening its first U.S. store at Downtown Crossing in Boston in 2015, Primark has opened 39 stores across 13 states, including most recently in Miami, Florida; and Grapevine, Hurst and Katy, Texas; and in Gurnee, Ill.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HTT file photo New York \u2013 Primark, the value-oriented fashion and home goods retailer, is throwing a party&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[27043,75,9,87446,56,63,65,64,25416],"class_list":["post-222206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-herald-square","tag-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-flagship-store","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-primark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}