Primark In Gran Canaria?

[Vikki]

Primark is well known for great clothes and accessories at great prices but until we get one in Canary Islands what to do?

Well what I did last January is got some mega cheap flights left Las Palmas at silly oclock in the morning and arrived in Madrid for breakfast.

Not many people know that there are a few Primark shops in Spain and just as easy to get there and back in a day. I hear of many expats going especially to UK to buy stuff but when you weigh up the costs and inconvenience you may aswell go to Madrid.

Nearest to Madrid airport
Plenilunio Centre

Xanadu Centre

There is one in Cadiz incase you are in the south and one near Murcia

[Vikki]

If there are any Primark fans out there, I found this offer on the net, it's free to sign up and you could win £500 to spend in Primark!

Good Luck

[mabaker]

I never thought about hopping over to Madrid....shopping here I come lol

[Vikki]

Originally Posted by mabaker

I never thought about hopping over to Madrid....shopping here I come lol

Yeah if you can get the flights cheap enough you can have a proper spree in there, and even better if you have a residencia to get discounted flights! We just left our empty cases in the airport lockers and then shopped til we dropped and went back to the cases and filled them up with stuff and flew back. It was a bit tiring but a lot cheaper than going to the UK

[Vikki]

Primark now have 12 stores in mainland Spain, I think they should send one this way now. Although my guess is if they Canaries get one they will put it in Tenerife....

[Vikki]

Well not sure if it means they will start selling their products online anytime soon but Primark have totally revamped their website and it looks so much better.

You can easily find where they have new stores opening, I check it religiously just incase there is one appearing here, none as yet by the way.

So I noticed this handy page they have which gives you size guides for clothing as I know when I first arrived here on the island I had no idea what size I was in the spanish sizes. I think some may find this very helpful.

Size guides

[Vikki]

I emailed Primark (again) yesterday asking if they have any plans to open a Primark here in Gran Canaria.

The reply I received in November 2007:

Thank you for your enquiry
We have a store opening in Jerez tomorrow and Xanadu next week. I am sorry but we don't have any plans to open a store in the Canaries

The reply I received yesterday July 2009:

Thank you for your enquiry, dated 1st July 09.
Your email has been sent to our Deputy Managing Director who is responsible for sourcing new sites. I am sure that we can now encourage him to put Gran Canaria on his list!

Special thanks for taking the trouble and time to write to us.

I think the second reply is very positive and could actually turn into something. I am interested to see how many other people would like a Primark shop in Gran Canaria, so if you are on facebook please become a fan.