Superdrug Creating 600 New Full Or Part Time Retail Jobs In The UK
Superdrug has announced plans to open 25 new stores across the UK this year, a move set to create around 600 new full or part time retail jobs.
The high street retailer said its new “best-in-class” stores will feature enhanced beauty treatment services and an expanded range of luxury fragrances, driven by strong customer demand.
Superdrug, which currently operates 780 stores across the UK and Ireland, also revealed plans to refurbish 65 existing locations in 2025. Several stores, including those in Luton and Dundee, will be expanded as part of the investment.
The company highlighted that recent investment in its largest stores has fuelled a 25 per cent increase in sales. As a result, it is placing a strong focus on retail park locations and popular shopping destinations.
Superdrug has also been expanding its in-store beauty services, offering treatments such as ear piercing, manicures and eyebrow threading. Sales at its in-store beauty studios grew by 7 per cent last year.
At the start of 2025, the retailer celebrated its best ever Christmas trading period, reporting a 5 per cent rise in like-for-like sales in the final weeks of 2024.
Announcing the expansion plans, the property director for Superdrug, Nigel Duxbury, said: “We want everyone who enters Superdrug to feel an elevated customer experience. For us, this is not about a quick and easy purchase, it is about engaging customers with added extras that truly enrich their everyday lives.”
“Be that through updated cosmetic stands which can be found in our Brent Cross store or via great beauty treatments that everyone can afford regularly or through private clinics that give face-to-face access to healthcare professionals.”
“We can see from our sales last year that investing in and increasing the number of large format stores in our estate allows us to accelerate our bricks-and-mortar strategy, so that we can bring the bigger and better shopping experience, that we know our customers love, to more communities across the UK,” added Mr Duxbury.
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