Britain's favourite departmental store Debenhams is set to open a 20,000 sq ft store in Kuala Lumpur next year

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By mid-April 2010, Debenhams will occupy 3 levels in Lot 10, a major upmarket mall in shopping district Bukit Bintang.

The new store at Lot 10 will bring in a number of first-in-Malaysia ranges such as the highly anticipated Principles by Ben de Lisi; Butterfly by Matthew Williamson for women; and labels carried by London Fashion Week designer Henry Holland.

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Other brands made availabe are Ben Sherman, Fred Perry, Ted Baker, John Rocha, Julien MacDonald, Jasper Conran, Red Herring, St George by Duffer, Thomas Nash, Jeff Banks, Maine New England, Sonneti and Mantaray.

Debenhams opened a 100,000 sq ft store in Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur for a brief stint between 2003 and 2006. Debenhams returned to Malaysia with a suburban store at The Curve Mutiara Damansara last year.