Britons are being reminded about the wave of store closures which will hit high streets by the end of the month.
Lidl, Iceland, Matalan, Boots and The Body Shop are among the brands which are shutting down locations towards the end of February 2024.
Here is a full list of retailers, including Lidl and Iceland, which are shutting down stores before the end of February 2024:
Lidl
- Bradford - February 29, 2024
- Layland, Lancashire - February 29, 2024
- Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees - February 29, 2024
The Body Shop
- Surrey Quays (London) - February 20, 2024
- Oxford Street Bond Street (London) - February 20, 2024
- Canary Wharf (London) - February 20, 2024
- Cheapside (London) - February 20, 2024
- Nuneaton (Warwickshire) - February 20, 2024
- Ashford Town Centre (Kent) - February 20, 2024
- Bristol Queens Road (Bristol) - February 20, 2024.
- The Body Shop at Home Service – February 23, 2024.
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Many retailers will be leaving Britain's high streets by the end of the month
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Boots
- Cliftonville, Kent - January 20
- Pemberton, Wigan - January 26
- Hough Lane, Layland, Lancashire - January 2024
- Landford Road, Liverpool - February 2024
- Clifton, York - February 2024
- Collington Mansions, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex - February 2024
- Ankerside Shopping Centre, Tamworth, Staffordshire - March 2024
- Rhos on Sea, Wales - March 2024
- Anglia Square, Norfolk - March 2024
- North Kenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne - March 2024
- Pool, Redruth - March 2024
- Colwyn Bay, Wales - April 2024
- Caerleon Road, Newport - early 2024
- Chepstow Road, Newport - early 2024
- Carlyon Road, St Austell, Cornwall - early 2024
- St Blazey, Cornwall - early 2024
- Lurgan, Northern Ireland - no date
- Chard Road, Plymouth - no date
- Mannamead Road, Plymouth - no date
- Claremont Street, Plymouth - no date
- Portland Walk, Barrow - no date
- Gestridge Road, Teignbridge - no date
- Front Street, Prudhoe - no date.
Iceland
- Rugby Central Shopping Centre, Warwickshire – February 24, 2024
Matalan
- The Headrow, Leeds – February 24, 2024.
Through The Body Shop at Home Service, consultants are able to sell products to consumers from the comfort of their own home.
Despite thousands of consultants and customers using this service, it will shut down at the end of the working week.
This comes shortly after the confirmation that The Body Shop has fallen into administration with more than 2,200 jobs being at risk.
Aurelius, the German company that purchased The Body Shop for £207millon last year, said it had been unable to bolster the business following dismal Christmas trading.
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PAAs it stands, Matalan operates 230 stores in the UK with one of them closing down in a matter of days.
Despite its popularity with more than 900 sites, Iceland will cease operating one of its stores this weekend.
In comparison, Lidl will close three of stores across the UK in Bradford, Lancashire and Stockton-on-Trees.
This recent wave of retailers shutting down stores mirrors the trend of bank branch closures.