Stroud toy shop sets sights on expansion at Five Valleys centre
24 September 2024
Ducklings Toy Shop in Stroud is on the move next month – with exciting plans for a bigger store and more brands in a new location at the town’s Five Valleys centre.
The family-owned and managed company is planning for a mid-October launch in the new store in the main mall area at Five Valleys, near to the Tanning Room, Sports Direct and the Five Valleys Market.
Owner Colin Pattison and his son Josh are also planning to recruit more staff for the Five Valleys store which gives the company room to expand as well as the space to host more regular events for customers and for a huge wall of LEGO.
The store has been based at Union Street in Stroud for the last four years where the team have built up a good customer base in the town, with sister stores in Marlborough and Royal Wootton Bassett.
Stroud store manager Josh said: “The new store is around twice the size of the existing store and allows us to create a great experience for our customers.
“We will be trialing some new brands, but we will also have much more space for our existing brands to enable us to organise more events in store, including Pokémon swap shops which are always really popular.
“It’s also great for us to be part of Five Valleys and for families to be able to visit our store when they’re popping to the market or the other stores at the centre.”
Ducklings also cater for the growing gaming market – including Disney Locano, Pokémon and Magic the Gathering – catering for adult gamers as well as younger customers.
Erica Malpass, Centre Manager at Five Valleys, said: "Ducklings Toy Shop is a fantastic addition to our line-up here at Five Valleys. It's really good news that the new store will be open in time for the Christmas shopping period.
"The store team have some great ideas, including activities and new brands and we can't wait for the opening in the next few weeks.
She added: "It's a really busy time for us at the moment with lots happening both with new lettings and with the development work starting on our next phase of construction at the centre. As well as Ducklings Toy Shop we have the Kitchen Witch Cakery opening in the next couple of weeks, and Los Cubanos also opening early in October."
To find out more about Ducklings Toy shop visit www.ducklingstoyshop.co.uk and to keep up to date with news and events at Five Valleys go to www.fivevalleysstroud.co.uk
Photograph shows Erica Malpass and the Ducklings Toy Shop team at their current Union Street store.
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