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Pokémon Company plans first permanent store outside Asia
The London shop is not due until twenty twenty-nine and will be the fourth country with a permanent Pokémon store; the queue starts now.
On air: Vera Bullock and Gloria Vance on The Midday ShowPublished
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At a glance
- First reported by SoraNews24: “Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 12:59 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Vera Bullock and Gloria Vance.
- Topics: Asia, Pokémon.
- BBN covered this story before: Omar feud, stolen card haul, midterm clips and Hurts (October 20).
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Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWelcome back. Here is the latest. Pokémon is opening its first permanent store outside Asia, in London, and Gloria, it opens in twenty twenty-nine.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThree years of construction for a shop where you pay real money for cardboard. I've seen governments fall faster.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd Japan has about two dozen already, so London just wants a turn.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe company hasn't said where in London. Presumably wherever the queue fits.
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- Rubio heads to Central Asia as critics question his focus · Japan Today
- Omar feud, stolen card haul, midterm clips and Hurts · The Verge
- Pokémon Company plans first permanent store outside Asia (this story)
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