Huge high street fashion chain to shut more shops within weeks – is one going near you?
A HUGE high street fashion chain is closing more stores within weeks following a string of closures earlier this year.
New Look is bringing the shutters down on more of its shops in July and August.
The brand is shutting its store in Rhyl’s White Rose Centre on Tuesday, July 25, according to local news reports.
It comes after a post on the New Look Rhyl Facebook page announced a huge closing-down sale.
It said that shoppers can get tops for £3, bottoms for £5, coats for just £7 and footwear for £5.
New Look will then close its store at Kings Chase Shopping Centre in Bristol on Wednesday, August 9.
It comes after a post on the Kings Chase Shopping Centre Facebook page read: “Sadly, after many years with us here at Kings Chase, New Look will be closing their doors for the final time on Wednesday 9th August.
“We would like to thank Carol and the New Look Kingswood team for their service over the years and we wish them all the very best for the future.
“Make sure you stay tuned for exciting updates about who will be replacing them soon!”
Fashion retailer New Look has already closed several stores this year after it pulled down the shutters on 85 in 2018.
That said, New Look did open several shops across the UK in November 2022.
New Look usually runs a major clearance sale prior to closing a store permanently – so shoppers will need to be quick to bag a bargain.
Shoppers were last rushing to bag huge discounts on hundreds of items in the chain’s Middlesborough branch before it closed permanently on July 8.
The retailer also closed its store in Teesside Retail Park on July 7.
It closed its Witham branch in May.
Meanwhile, two branches in Coventry and Walthamstow, London, closed in January and February.
The business also closed two stores in Birmingham in January and another in Trowbridge in the same month.
In total, the retailer operates over 400 stores in the UK.
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The high street has been hit hard in recent years due to the growth of online retailing which was accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, runaway inflation means shoppers are holding back from spending as much.
It comes as research from the British Retail Consortium reveals retailers remain cautious about opening new stores.
It found the overall shop vacancy rate in Britain in the first three months of 2023 was 13.8%, the same as the last three months of 2022.
Argos, House of Fraser, and a number of other big brands are shutting stores for good this summer.
Co-op, Poundland and Iceland will also close some supermarkets before the end of the year.
We’ve previously listed all the big brands shutting shops this summer.