Refreshing the furniture at Leekes

Family-owned home furnishings and furniture retailer Leekes unveils its refreshed flagship store as it continues to rollout refurbishments across its network.

After over 12 months of investment and activity, the Leekes Retail Group has revealed the first phase of its Llantrisant store refurbishment.

The South Wales headquartered family-owned home department store retailer recently held its grand opening of its newly revitalised furniture floor including new flooring & interior design studios and a brand new garden and landscaping centre.

The event took place on 8 June 2023 with Warren Gatland CBE, Head Coach of the Wales National Rugby team, cutting the ribbon. This occasion is the culmination of a significant £4m initial investment, representing the business’ commitment to providing both an inspirational collection of home furnishings as well as an unparalleled shopping experience.

The new furniture floor at Leekes Llantrisant displays the largest collection of sofas & chairs, beds and dining & bedroom furniture in South Wales including contemporary and classic furniture designs. The extensive refurbishment has allowed for a more spacious and immersive shopping environment, ensuring visitors can explore a vast collection of high-quality pieces from brands like ercol, Stressless, G Plan Upholstery, Hypnos and Parker Knoll plus own brand collections that perfectly cater to their individual tastes and styles.

“Leekes Llantrisant has been a much-loved feature in the local community for over four decades since its opening in 1977. We are delighted with the reopening of our furniture floor and garden & landscaping centre in our flagship store in Llantrisant,” said Emma Leeke, Managing Director of Leekes Retail.

“This substantial investment demonstrates our commitment to our customers and showcases our passion for creating inspiring spaces within their homes. Phase two of our refurbishment is already in the works with more exciting updates and further investment still to come.

“The response has been great so far and we’re delighted with how everything has gone. The new look is fantastic and customers are expressing their admiration for the updated aesthetics and the breadth of product choices on offer. Retail stores are the foundation of our business and we are brimming with excitement for our customers and suppliers to see what the next 12-18 months hold in store for us. With a challenging landscape ahead for many retailers, it’s important to us to stand by our values and provide a customer-focused and inspirational shopping environment that customers want to and enjoy visiting while still offering the breadth of great quality products that we are known for.”

With that in mind, Leekes is continuing the refresh rollout, confirming that it will be investing in refurbishing its store on Cross Hands Business Park, near Llanelli in South Wales. The store opened its doors for its £5m refurbishment sale to invited guests only for a one day sale preview on its furniture floor on Thursday 27th July before re-opening to the general public on Friday 28th July.

Emma continued: “We were delighted to invite our previous customers back to the store to enjoy our private sale, which went very well for us. We are so grateful for their support over very many years and wanted to reward them with the opportunity to have the first chance to select from our Refurbishment Sale bargains.

“We welcomed many of them to take advantage of the biggest sale savings we have ever offered, also giving the opportunity to snap up some of the great prices on ex-display furniture and conservatories as well as end of line carpets, clearance NEFF appliances and baths & showers.”

The team at Leekes Cross Hands has a full refurbishment of their furniture and bed floor planned for the autumn and, with many new displays of sofas, dining and bedroom furniture on order.

Charles Larsen, store manager, added: “We are looking forward to starting our store refurbishment later this year which will see a remodelled furniture floor, new carpet and flooring departments. Since opening in Cross Hands almost 40 years ago, Leekes have built an unrivalled reputation with our inspirational displays and excellent levels of customer service and it is important that we continue to retain this.” www.leekes.co.uk