Lefties: the affordable fashion chain with Primark prices has revealed its first two UK locations opening in 2026

It’s been a rocky start to the year for the British high street. Claire’s has gone into administration, River Island is shuttering 32 stores, and Poundland is continuing to close down various shops until February. But thankfully it’s not all bleak – Lefties, a budget clothing brand that could rival Primark on pricing, has revealed exactly where it’s going to open up its first stores in the UK.

Right now, Lefties stores can only be found in mainland Europe, north Africa and the Middle East, but parent company Inditex announced in September that it wanted to enter into the UK market. The firm also owns several brands which are already popular in Britain, including Zara, Berska, Pull&Bear and Stradivarius, so this won’t be the first time it’s successfully crossed the Channel.

When it first announced Lefties would be coming to the UK, no information was provided about where or when, but we finally know the locations of the first two stores: Liverpool and Essex. More specifically, in the Liverpool One and Lakeside shopping centres.

Industry publication Drapers reported that both shops will be at least 50,000 square feet in size. The scale of stores that Inditex was looking at was part of the reason it hasn’t selected a location in London, as there apparently aren’t many units of that size available in the centre of the city.

A representative for the Liverpool One shopping centre told Drapers that it is excited to help Lefties make the move to the UK, adding that ‘our partnership with Inditex reflects our shared ambition to deliver new concepts and experiences that resonate with consumers’.

No specific dates have been announced for opening, but according to Drapers there are hopes to have both up and running in the second half of 2026.

Lefties is the most budget-friendly brand owned by Inditex. T-shirts go for as little as €2.99 – around £2.62 – in its European stores, and you can bag a pair of jeans for just €12.99 (roughly £11.40). For this reason it has been widely compared to Primark, which offers similar prices and is already a behemoth in the UK. Will the new kid on the block be able to give it a run for its money? We’ll have to wait and see.

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