A former Argos store left empty for almost three years has finally been taken over.<\/p>\n
The branch on Marshwood Close Retail Park off Sturry Road, Canterbury, shut down in September 2022.<\/p>\n
Inside the former Argos store in Sturry – now home to British Heart Foundation. Picture: BHF<\/p>\n
It was timed to coincide with the launch of the Argos unit at Sainsbury\u2019s in Kingsmead Road, but the closure has left a huge gap at the site since.<\/p>\n
However, three years on and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has now made the 745 sq m unit its new home following its opening on Thursday (July 3).<\/p>\n
BHF\u2019s retail area manager, Donna Evans, says its home and fashion store is offering shoppers sofas, beds, electronics, as well as clothing.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to open our doors here in Canterbury and want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the local community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe incredible support, whether through generous stock donations or simply popping in to the shop, has made this week\u2019s launch truly special.<\/p>\n
BHF’s new store on the Marshwood Close Retail Park in Canterbury. Picture: BHF
The charity has opened its doors at Canterbury’s Marshwood Close Retail Park. Picture: BHF
Argos left Marshwood Close Retail Park in September 2022<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the UK\u2019s largest charity retailer, BHF is proud to lead the reuse revolution by giving quality items a second life and preventing them from going to waste.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis store is a unique blend of home and fashion, and with new items arriving daily, there\u2019s always something fresh to discover.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shop is also offering a free collection service for pre-loved items people wish to donate.<\/p>\n
Ms Evans says she is also looking for more volunteers to help run the shop.<\/p>\n
Before its closure was confirmed three years ago, the Marshwood Close Argos had been the company\u2019s last-surviving standalone store in the county.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Argos store left empty for almost three years has finally been taken over. The branch on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,606,12450,2082,495,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-240981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-canterbury","10":"tag-charity","11":"tag-consumer","12":"tag-kent","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114802573092874432","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}