AUSTRALIA’s colourful stationery retailer, Smiggle, is set to open a store in Redditch on Friday, 24 November.

Smiggle – where a smile meets a giggle – will be coming to the Kingfisher Shopping Centre.

The move has created eight new jobs.

John Cheston, managing director of Smiggle, said: “We’re thrilled to be opening our store here in Redditch. There really is nothing like Smiggle anywhere else on the high street – and it will be great to see the public’s reaction when the doors open.

“It’s important for us to inject fun into everything we do – from product design to store design, we will always focus on delivering to our fans the most original and playful stationery possible.”

Smiggle is dedicated to creating original, fun and affordable products such as multi-coloured backpacks, eye-catching pencil cases, sparkly stationery, gadgets and gizmos, and lots of goodies to deck out desks.