The new American fashion brand will open next month at Cabot Circus

A new urban fashion brand is set to open in Bristol next month. American brand Lids will open its first store in the city at Cabot Circus on Friday 12 July.

The new hat brand, which specializes in NBA, NFL and MLB baseball caps, snapbacks and merchandise, is the latest of four brands exclusively revealed by Bristol Live to be opening in the Broadmead shopping center in February, alongside Stradivarius, Sunnamusk and German Doner. Kebab. All three brands have since opened.

The shutters will open at the facility formerly owned by Timberland and signs have been spotted announcing the store is ‘opening soon’. In 2020, Bristol Live reported that Timberland was experiencing financial difficulties, leading to a number of store closures in the United Kingdom. Both stores in Bristol were safe, but four years later, Timberland has now closed its Cabot Circus store.

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Hammerson, the owner and developer of Cabot Circus, confirmed that the US store is scheduled to open on July 12. It’s part of efforts to “evolve” Cabot Circus into an experience that’s more than just a shopping trip.

Lids, which will be located on Concorde Street, will join the existing line-up of urban fashion brands as Hammerson diversifies its brand selection in Cabot Circus and Quakers Friars. This includes George White Street becoming a service sector and Quakers Friars becoming a cultural centre.

The news comes as the Casa Brasil restaurant suddenly closed its doors. In May, Coal Kitchen announced its closure, citing the closure of Showcase Cinema in November as the “final straw”, while Six by Nico “tasting experience” is set to open at Quakers Friars.

In April it was announced that Santander wants to open a new branch at Cabot Circus and Treetop Golf, which will open later this year, replacing Jungle Rumble. However, April also saw the sudden closure of the Bristol Laser Clinic due to it going into administration.

German Doner Kebab opened shop in April after being named as one of the new brands to move into the 16-year-old shopping centre. This was followed by the opening of Stradivarius and Sunnamusk in March.

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