One week left before major retailer closes 34 stores down forever
A MAJOR retailer is closing 34 of its stores for good this month as they disappear from the high street.
Argos will close all of its stores in the Republic of Ireland in June.
The chain currently employs around 580 people in 34 stores across the country.
But Argos will withdraw from Ireland completely on June 24.
Here’s the full list of Argos stores set to close in Ireland:
- Ashbourne Retail Park
- Athlone Argos
- Blanchardstown West End Argos
- Carlow Argos
- Castlebar Argos
- Cavan Argos
- Clonmel Argos
- Cork Mahon Argos
- Cork Retail Park Argos
- Drogheda Argos
- Dun Laoghaire Argos
- Dundalk Retail Park Argos
- Dundrum Argos
- Galway Argos
- Ilac Centre (Dublin) Argos
- Kilkenny Argos
- Killarney Argos
- Letterkenny Argos
- Liffey Valley Argos
- Limerick Childers Road Argos
- Longford Argos
- Monaghan Argos
- Naas Argos
- Navan Argos
- Omni Park (Dublin) Argos
- Portlaoise Argos
- Rathfarnham Nutgrove Argos
- Sligo Argos 4146
- St. Stephens Green (Dublin)
- Tallaght Argos
- Tralee Argos
- Tullamore Argos
- Waterford Argos
- Wexford Argos
Argos also has plans to close a further two standalone stores in the UK later this year.
Cardiff Bay’s Argos will close in July – but Sainsbury’s has not yet given an exact date.
Argos will then close its Newport, Wales branch later on in the summer.
The retailer is moving away from the high street and expanding its presence in supermarkets, with concessions inside branches.
By the end of March 2023, the retailer had opened 25 Argos locations inside Sainsbury’s stores.
And by March 2024, Sainsbury’s expects to have 160 standalone stores and between 430 and 460 Argos counters inside Sainsbury’s supermarkets.
Argos isn’t the only store shutting the doors of some of its shops this month.
It comes as a whole raft of retailers are closing down branches.
Retailers have been feeling the pinch since the pandemic while shoppers are cutting back on spending due to soaring inflation.
High energy costs and a shift to shopping online after the pandemic are also taking a toll and many high street shops have struggled to keep going.
Iceland is closing another one of its supermarkets in this month.
Lloyds Pharmacy and Poundstretcher are also shutting shops but opening new stores in the coming months.
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