Topshop will return to High Street in 2026

Topshop returns to the High Street, but can it get its cool back?

The brand is going to be available in 32 John Lewis shops from February 2026, while its menswear brand Topman will be available in six stores.

The chain disappeared after the collapse of Sir Philip Green's retail empire, which owned Topshop as well as Burton and Dorothy Perkins.

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Asos currently sells Topshop and Topman products on its website and a standalone Topshop site was recently relaunched, but it was unclear if the brand would ever reappear on the High Street again until recently.

"Customers absolutely want to see us back in stores and we want to bring that nationwide," said Michelle Wilson, managing director of Topshop and Topman.

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The brand will be given a "prime" position in stores, according to Peter Ruis, Managing Director at John Lewis.

He said he hopes the partnering with the iconic brand will bring new customers through the department store's doors, and believes people will be queueing to get in when range is launched.

"I think the best fashion brands are multi-generational. The brilliance of Topshop is it is so affordable," he said.

The upmarket store Liberty London in Soho recently started to sell a small Topshop collection.

But the tie up with John Lewis is the first nationwide partnership for the brand, and the fashion retailer, which had its heyday in the 2000s and 2010s, wants to introduce some standalone stores in future.

Topshop struggled during the covid-19 pandemic, when it had to close its physical stores, but it had been having problems for several years.

It failed to keep up with changing shopping habits among its key demographic – teenagers and young adults – primarily the rise of online shopping.

And as its core customers aged out of its products, it struggled to replace them with new shoppers or adapt its products to its old base's tastes.

Graham Soult, a retail consultant, said the partnership between John Lewis and Topshop was "a canny move for both brands".

"If you're Topshop, you've got a customer base who have a real affection for the brand," he said. And for John Lewis, "it gets the name out there in a positive way" and draws in new customers.

"Maybe this will be a template for how you bring back an iconic name."

Additional reporting