Artist’s impression of new Remus Uomo store in Belfast city centre
Artist’s impression of new Remus Uomo store in Arthur Street, Belfast
Menswear brand Remus Uomo is relocating its flagship store from Victoria Square shopping centre to Arthur Street in an investment of over £0.5m, it announced on Tuesday.
The new store is over 5,500 sq ft across two floors, making it double the size of its former Victoria Square unit, and will open in late September.
It will join other fashion and lifestyle retailers such as Anthropologie, Charles Tyrwhitt and Marella on Arthur Street.
The Belfast flagship will sit alongside Remus Uomo’s standalone stores in Dublin and Glasgow.
Artist’s impression of new Remus Uomo store in Arthur Street, Belfast
All existing staff are transferring to the new store, the company said, with another three posts including retail store director to be created.
The store interior has been designed in collaboration with Mark Brown Studios, Easton Design Office (London) and shopfitters GEM Interiors. And it will feature a café partnership with Northern Ireland chain Kaffe O.
Remus Uomo was established in 1991 as part of Belfast-based firm Douglas & Grahame. Remus Uomo opened its first Belfast store in CastleCourt in 1995 before moving to Victoria Square in 2007.
Artist’s impression of new Remus Uomo store in Belfast city centre
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Adam Finlay, managing director of Douglas & Grahame, said: “This is a real moment for the brand. Over the past seven years we have been laying the foundations to take Remus Uomo into the future.
“Delivering a re-imagined flagship experience in the brand’s home city is a major step forward – one that allows us to strengthen our community in Belfast, deliver a connected retail experience, and set the business up for further growth.”
Brand director Michael Finlay added: “We had been looking for a larger space – and one with real character – to give us the scale and the environment to deliver the all-new, elevated flagship experience we are planning for our customers. Arthur Street offered the perfect setting to bring that vision to life, while keeping us at the heart of Belfast’s most exciting retail district.”