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Irish Retail Giant Coming to South Shore Plaza

The fashion retailer Primark is planning on opening a location in Braintree

BRAINTREE, MA — A European fashion retailer has announced it will open a location inside the South Shore Plaza. Primark will be coming to the shopping center in 2017, according to Simon, the mall's owner.

According to a press release, Primark will lease out a portion of the second floor of Sears, which is under renovation. Openings for the store have popped up on the Primark jobs page.

Primark has locations in Downtown Crossing, the King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania, the Freehold Raceway Mall in New Jersey and Connecticut’s Danbury Fair Mall. The company also announced plans for a location at the Burlington Mall.

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Primark is one of the largest clothing retailers in Europe and operates 318 stores in eleven countries.

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