UK chain Jack Wills opened in King Street recently and the clothing group’s founders Peter Williams and Robert Shaw came to see for themselves the intricate work that went into the conversion.
Business has been brisk in the early days of trading despite the difficult economic circumstances and Mr Shaw said that they were really happy with the response so far. The Island’s biggest retail group, Sandpiper, owns the 35 King Street building, which was the home of jewellery story C T Maine for 113 years.
Sandpiper is running the Jack Wills clothing business as a franchise and it is the first time the UK group has entered a franchise arrangement.
Full story in Friday’s JEP
