T.M. Lewin will open two more stores in November 2026, in London Victoria and at the Bluewater shopping center in Kent, Retail Gazette reported on 6 October 2026. The openings will give the shirt and suit brand seven stores, after five launches in the past 18 months.
Its current shops are on Bow Lane, at Liverpool Street and at Canary Wharf in London, and at Outlet Shopping at The O2 and in St Albans. The Bow Lane store, near St Paul's Cathedral, opened in April 2025 and was the brand's first return to the high street since its collapse in 2020, when all 66 of its remaining shops closed.
Ties are selling again
Managing director Dan Ferris told The Times that tie sales had risen by more than 200% year on year over the summer. He also said the sales mix is now split roughly evenly between formal and casual clothing. When the company discussed its strategy in late 2025, casualwear made up about 30% of the business. In June 2025, Ferris had said formalwear accounted for about 70% of sales and that the brand's more expensive suits were selling especially well.
“The tie has died about ten times now and then it keeps coming back.”
Dan Ferris, managing director, T.M. Lewin, to The Times
Selective growth
Ferris said the company would choose locations that can produce strong returns rather than add stores for their own sake. High rents limit the number of central London sites that make sense, and he named rents and business rates as barriers to investment, calling on the government to reduce the costs facing high street businesses. In June 2025 he had said a three-year plan called for expanding the store estate quickly, with Manchester and Edinburgh among the cities under consideration.
At its peak in the mid-2010s, T.M. Lewin had more than 150 locations. Torque Brands, part of the US private equity firm Stonebridge, bought it out of its first administration. It went into administration again in 2022 and then went through a restructuring and brand reset, according to Retail Gazette.
What it means for suit buyers
The new stores add a central London site in Victoria and an out-of-town shopping center in Kent to the brand's estate. The jump in tie sales, alongside the earlier strength in its higher-priced suits, points to renewed demand for office clothing among its customers. If you are building a work wardrobe, our guides to tie width and matching a tie to your shirt and suit cover the basics.
