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Marks and Spencer says it's closing its store on Colchester high street, and will open a new one at the Stane Retail Park in Stanway, three-and-a-half miles away.

大象传媒 Essex speaks to Sam Good, manager of Colchester's Business Improvement District, and Victoria Johnson from Dear Grace Interiors in the heart of Colchester's town centre.

Andrew Icke, regional manager for M&S, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to announce our plans to invest in the local area and open a brand new, larger M&S store.

鈥淎s part of the relocation, the existing M&S Colchester store will close later this year but will remain open as normal until the new store is ready.

鈥淭here will be opportunities for all colleagues working in the current store to work in the new Stane Retail Park store or other local M&S stores.

鈥淭here will also be additional new job opportunities created for local workers when the store opens.

鈥淪hopping habits are changing, so we鈥檙e rotating our store estate to make sure we have the right stores to offer our customers a brilliant shopping experience.

鈥淲e appreciate the current store closure may be disappointing news for some, but we believe this is the right decision to invest in a new store for the local area so we can deliver the very best of M&S for customers in Colchester.鈥�

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