LONDON - Seeing the recent success of Topshop, Uniqlo and other overseas low-cost retailers among United States consumers, the Anglo-Irish retailer Primark said on Wednesday that it planned to open its first store in the country next year.
Primark plans to occupy a 70,000-square-foot space in the Burnham Building at Downtown Crossing in Boston near the end of 2015. The location was previously home to Filene’s Department Store.
The retailer, which offers basic and affordable clothing, is looking to open additional stores in the Northeast by the middle of 2016.
Primark opened its first store in Dublin in 1969 and operates more than 250 stores in Britain, Ireland and Europe.
It is a unit of the food and retail company Associated British Foods, which posted revenue of 13.3 billion pounds, or about $22 billion, last year. It employs more than 106,000 people in 47 countries.
