Ted Baker to open new UK store
The fashion brand is planning its first standalone UK shop since its previous stores closed.
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From the archive. This story was written up on 29 July 2026 from reporting first published on 20 July 2026, which is the date shown above. We took up the back catalogue of the local titles we read when this site launched, so the events are older than the page.
Ted Baker is preparing to open its first new standalone shop in the United Kingdom later this year. This move comes almost two years after the fashion brand’s 46 UK stores ceased trading. The closures followed the collapse of the brand's UK store operator, No Ordinary Designer Label, in March 2024, with all sites shut by August of that year. This marked the end of the brand's 36-year presence on British high streets.
Brand's Return to Physical Retail
A spokesperson for Authentic Brands Group, the owner of Ted Baker, stated that the first standalone store would be opening "very soon". The brand has already begun a phased return to physical retail through boutique concessions within Selfridges stores. The most recent of these opened at Selfridges Birmingham in the Bullring, following a similar concession launched at the Trafford Centre in Manchester in May.
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Online Sales and Global Presence
Following the operator's collapse, Authentic Brands Group relaunched the Ted Baker UK website in November, resuming online sales for menswear, womenswear, and accessories. The company is also seeking a new operating partner for its UK business. Ted Baker, founded in Glasgow in 1988, was once a prominent British fashion label, operating approximately 550 stores and concessions globally at its peak.
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