Fashion Chain Quiz Opening in London

LONDON - High-street fashion chain, Quiz, is opening a flagship ladies clothes store in London’s newest shopping centre, Westfield Stratford City. The store is scheduled to open its doors to the public on the same day as the grand opening of the trendy shopping centre on 13th September.

The London launch will mark the company’s 153rd store in the world, with brand presence in 13 countries including Saudi Arabia, Russia and Egypt.

Quiz is a UK based fast-fashion retailer specialising in affordable dressy club-wear for women. The collection includes new catwalk styles arriving daily, ranging from formal women’s dresses to casual day-wear, women’s tops and a full range of bags, women’s shoes and accessories.

The Autumn/Winter 2011 collection will hit stores at the end of August, and features beautiful trendy styles at affordable prices. With outfits to suit women of all ages, Quiz offers the latest fashion both in-store and online at www.quizclothing.com. The website also offers international delivery on all orders.

Founded in 1995, the brand has evolved quickly to become one of the trendiest brands on the high street. The London launch will celebrate the retailer’s 16th anniversary and is set to coincide with London Fashion Week which will take place on 18th September.

Spokesperson, Omar Aziz, said: “We are really excited for the London launch especially since it’s in the city’s newest shopping centre and will be open in time for London Fashion Week. Quiz has been growing year on year and we’re really proud. The London store is exciting for us – we have stores all over the world but this is an exciting opportunity for us to tell the world that we’ve arrived.”

Based in Glasgow, the dynamic retailer initially opened 3 stores before going on to conquer the rest of the UK. It opened its first international franchise in 2006, and now boasts stores in foreign cities including Moscow, Dubai, Belgrade and Lahore.

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