Fashion retailer to return to High Street after closing all stores six years earlier

Evans, known for its womenswear brands in Britain for almost 100 years, closed shortly after the pandemic began, but is making a return to stores across the UK

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A fashion brand is returning to the Scottish High Street after closing all store a few years earlier.

The brand, Evans, was known for its womenswear in Britain for almost 100 years and once had hundreds of stores located throughout the UK. It closed shortly after the pandemic began, but is making a return to stores across the country.

Established in 1930, Evans became know for creating high-quality, women’s clothing for over size 14s.

The plus-size brand was forced to shut down all physical store and concessions and cease operations in December 2020, after parent company, Arcadia Group, plunged into administration.

Evans turned into an online-only retailer and was bought by AK Retail in 2023.

The firm also owns Yours Clothing and M&Co, and bosses have agreed to Evans as an additional concession in Yours Clothing stores.

The brand has over 100 locations across the UK, and Evans will have concessions in 35 of them, these being:

1. Belfast
2. Bexleyheath
3. Bluewater
4. Bognor Regis
5. Bradford
6. Braehead, Renfrew
7. Bromley
8. Cramlington
9. East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
10. Hempstead Valley
11. Hull
12. Lakeside
13. Leeds
14. Lincoln
15. Liverpool
16. Manchester
17. Meadowhall
18. Merry Hill
19. Metro Centre
20. Milton Keynes
21. Newry
22. Nottingham
23. Peterborough
24. Plymouth
25. Romford
26. Skegness
27. Southend of Sea
28. Stirling
29. Stockport
30. Swansea
31. Telford Uxbridge
32. Wakefield
33. Westwood Cross
34. Yate

In Scotland, the Evans brand will be located in The Plaza in East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Braehead Shopping Centre near Glasgow and The Thistles Shopping Centre in Stirling.

Evans will sit alongside Yours Clothing’s own range, which also caters to a plus-size audience.

Yours Clothing told Fashion Network: “Plus-size women are among the most loyal fashion shoppers in the UK.”

“When a brand gets it right – when the fit works, the range is genuine, and the product reflects real women, they come back.

“Evans earned that loyalty over decades. And when the brand reduced its high street presence, its customers did not stop looking.”