Home Retail Group is to open its first pilot Home Store + More outlet in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire this year.
A 20,000sq ft site could be the first of many, with three others to follow in Cambridge, Harlow, Lakeside and Cheltenham, according to press reports.

In Februrary, Home Retail Group announced it signed terms to subscribe for a 33% stake in the Irish homewares retailer, with a view to expanding the number of outlets of out-of-town homewares retailer on its home ground.

The management team of Home Store + More also stated it would support the development of a homewares format in the UK.