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Because your career can be as big as your ambition. This is Gabby's way. Gabby is one of our Assistant Store Managers in the US. Watch the video to find out more about her Primark journey so far and learn about the Assistant Store Manager role. Think that a role in our US stores is your next step? Check out our latest roles here: https://lnkd.in/exNdTbCS

?? Shrinking our carbon footprint ?? ? When we launched our Primark Cares strategy we committed to reducing our carbon footprint by half by 2030. Three years on we’re proud to report a decline on emissions across our value chain. ? Giulia Diano from our Carbon & Climate Change team explains how we’re tackling this — by switching to biofuel, prioritising sea freight, and collaborating with suppliers to set reduction targets, we’re making lower-carbon choices possible. ?? ? Read the full Primark Sustainability and Ethics Progress Report 23/24 here: https://lnkd.in/e8d_4hsb #Primark #CarbonFootprint #Sustainability

From Bydgoszcz to Bolton, it was a busy day for Primark teams as we opened the doors to two new stores.?In Poland, we celebrated the opening of our 7th store, in Zielone Arkady Shopping Centre, Bydgoszcz, and our first location in the north of the country. Representing a €9 million investment, we’re delighted to bring affordable fashion to more customers in the region and welcome over 150 new colleagues. ? Meanwhile, in the UK, our newly relocated Bolton store opened its doors at Market Place to over 500 eager shoppers. This location brings our exciting new store concept to the British high street for the first time, featuring a modern look and feel, more sustainable design fittings and even a unique new scent! Bolton has been part of our story since 1976, and we’re proud to continue serving this vibrant community after 48 years, and counting. #Primark #NewStore

Today,?we're?proud to publish our third annual Sustainability?and?Ethics Progress Report. Since launching our Primark Cares strategy: https://lnkd.in/epPzT5dH three years ago, we’ve been focused on turning our commitments into action. Here are some highlights?from the past 12 months: ??Two-thirds (66%) of clothes sold in Primark contained recycled or more sustainably sourced materials, up 20% from last year. ???Our Durability Framework?sets the?standard?for how we are making clothes that last longer. ??We’ve reduced our carbon emissions, with a 1.9% reduction across our value chain since our baseline year of 2019 and an 11.6% decrease since last year.? ?????We’re expanding our?decade-long?Primark Cotton Project, helping thousands of cotton farmers across India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan adopt regenerative?agricultural?practices.? ? You can read the full Primark Sustainability and Ethics Progress Report 23/24 here:?https://lnkd.in/e8d_4hsb #Sustainability?#Primark

What does inclusion mean at Primark? The Sharmaine and Paul Show, hosted by our own D&I Business Partners?Sharmaine C. and Paul Walker, is one of the ways we showcase our commitment to inclusion! From progress on our accessibility commitments to spotlighting beautiful moments of inclusion across Primark, the D&I team love to feature colleagues everywhere bringing inclusion to life. Our colleagues do amazing work, and their show helps to spotlight it, celebrate it, and inspire others to get involved. We’re building our culture of belonging one story at a time??

We’re big believers in the high street and vibrant and buzzing towns and cities with a range of shops, restaurants and services are good for everyone. ? Did you know that for every ￡10 spent in a Primark store in the UK, a further ￡3.60 is spent elsewhere on the high street. That adds up to an incredible ￡1.5 billion every year! We’re proud to play our part in supporting high streets up and down the country, find out more below.

At last night’s Drapers Awards, we proudly took home two awards that mean so much to us! ?? We won the Diversity & Inclusion Award, for our achievements so far in our efforts to bring more adaptive fashion to the high street as part of our work to make Primark a more accessible place to work and shop. The judges commended our adaptive underwear line, designed to be both stylish and affordable. ? And a huge congratulations to Wendy Duggan, our incredible Director of Marketing, who was named Retail Star of the Year! Judges praised her dedication, kindness, and remarkable achievements – words we couldn’t agree with more.? #ProudToBePrimark #DrapersAwards2024

Hot Water Bottle Safety: Did you know it’s recommended that you replace your hot water bottle every two years? And that you should never use boiling water to fill it? ? As the colder months approach many of us turn to hot water bottles to keep warm and cosy, but they can be dangerous if not used and stored correctly.? ? We’ve put together a handy guide with tips for using your hot water bottle safely.? ? Full safety guide here:?https://lnkd.in/e2tV8mHB ? #HotWaterBottle #SafetyTips

During Breast Cancer Awareness month, teams across our 17 markets worked together to raise much-needed funds through in-store till fund-raisers and local activities. We’re thrilled to confirm we’ve smashed our ambitious fund-raising target of ￡1 million, raising a total of ￡1,148,810 to support our local charity partners. Primark is also donating ￡1 million, bringing our total donation amount to over ￡2.1 million this year. A huge thank you to all our colleagues and customers who made this possible. #Primark #BreastCancerAwareness #Charity

We’ve just dropped the latest must-have pieces to add some sparkle (and a hint of burgundy!) to your winter wardrobe this season, with the launch of our new collection from Rita Ora. ?? ? Enjoy the festivities with a selection of evening wear that can be tailored for any occasion, and all inspired by Rita’s time at Paris Fashion Week. Get ready to make a statement, particularly in our Little Black Dress which is sure to be our look of the season with its dramatic bow detail.? ? We’ve loved working closely Rita and her mum Vera to model this special collection. Check out their beautiful looks together and enjoy her entire range in all our stores globally from today. https://lnkd.in/eZTq_qNJ #Primark #RitaOra