This will be followed by two more UK stores before Christmas – The Glades, Bromley opening this weekend, 10th November, and a third will be announced next week, bringing the total store number to eight, including seven bricks and mortar stores plus the web store, www.HouseUK.com.

Having launched in the UK in April in Oxford, Bracknell, Sheffield and online at www.houseUK.com, HOUSE recently opened its fifth store at the intu Chapelfield centre in Norwich. The homeware retailer has chosen Stratford Westfield City, Cambridge Grand Arcade and Bromley The Glades as its latest prime location sites in the UK.

Established in Australia in 1978, HOUSE is a member of the Global Retail Brands (GRB) family. GRB is the largest private Specialty Kitchen & Homewares chain in the Southern Hemisphere, with more than 170 stand alone stores. The UK is the first foray into the North hemisphere with a lot more planned.