Huge toy chain to open brand new Scottish store TOMORROW

The brand has one other Scots store and hundreds of punters queued up on its opening day
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A HUGE toy chain is set to open a brand new store in a major Scots shopping centre tomorrow.
Chinese giant Miniso will cut the ribbon on a new branch in Braehead Shopping Centre near Glasgow.
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Miniso will open a second Scots store in Brahead, near Glasgow, tomorrow
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It will stock all the best-selling products including their blind boxes and cute plushies
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They also have a wide range of cosmetics, stationary and kitchenware
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With 39 branches across the UK, the lifestyle retailer is famed for its iconic range of affordable and trendy products.
The new Braehead store will stock all the best-selling blind boxes, cute plushies, a range of cosmetics, stationery and kitchenware and the popular Saniro goods like Hello Kitty, and other brands like Disney, Harry Potter and Pokémon.
Miniso has one other store in Scotland - situated on Edinburgh's Princes Street.
The Edinburgh shop opened in March this year and saw hundreds of shoppers queuing outside.
The Braehead store will open officially tomorrow at noon.
Special promotions will be in place and punters could even get their hands on a goody bag worth over £25.
A post on their Instagram reads: "We're pure buzzing to announce the grand opening of our brand new MINISO store at the Braehead Centre – happening at 12PM on Friday 6 June!
"Get ready to step into a world of joy, packed with Sanrio and Disney delights, squishy plushies, lifestyle must-haves, tasty snacks, and amazing new collabs like Disney Stitch, Minecraft, My Little Pony, Pokémon, and of course Hello Kitty!
"We're going BIG for our Glasgow Grand Opening – expect FREE £25 goody bags for the first customers, exciting entertainment, and a few cheeky surprises along the way!"
Shoppers flocked to social media to share their excitement.
Inside Scotland's first Miniso store as bosses reveal there are more to come
One wrote: "Holy s**t Miniso Glasgow is going to be in Braehead".
Another added: "So excited for this".
Elsewhere, a global fashion brand is launching its brand new store in Glasgow's Silverburn shopping centre.
And a popular burger chain will open its second branch in Edinburgh.

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