• Marks & Spencer opened a new full-line store at Weymouth Gateway Retail Park in Dorset, replacing its smaller St Mary Street site.
• The opening created more than 70 jobs; staff transferred from the previous Weymouth store.
• Weymouth Gateway is one of two full-line store openings planned this financial year, alongside 18 new Food stores.
• The retailer also plans a new M&S Food store at Redlands Poole, its second new store opening in Dorset.

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