Clarks store closures: Popular British chain to shut more high street shops this year
Clarks stores will close this year
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Clarks is a much loved British shoe store that is set to change where stores are available.
This includes closing five stores before the end of 2023.
Other stores are set to open. The retailer is working with staff at the affected stores.
More locations will close starting now and continuing into November and December.
Branches have already shut in 2023
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Clarks stores closing this year
Freshney Place Shopping Centre - Grimsby
Westwood Cross Shopping Centre - Kent
Newport Retail Park - Wales
Riverside Retail Park - Norwich
Newcastle under Lyme High Street - Staffordshire
This follows three branches that have already shut up shop this year.
Clarks started off as a British company in 1825 but has gone on to have international success.
There are more than 1,000 Clarks branches across the world.
A Clarks spokesperson told GB News: "We continually review our retail estate to ensure we have stores of the right size and located in the right places to offer our consumers the best possible experience of our brand, and that work for the profitability of our business. This results in the opening, refitting and sometimes closure of stores.
"Regrettably, we have closed a handful of stores over the last few months, but are delighted to have opened eight new stores across the UK this year, including new stores in Taunton, Camberley, Manchester, Reigate, Stratford Upon Avon, Peckham, Edmonton and Belfast."
Clarks is not the only retailer to open and close stores on the British high street.
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