High street retailer with 400 branches to shut site TODAY following string of closures
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A MAJOR high street retailer with 400 branches is shutting one of its stores within hours following a string of closures. The New Look shop in Swindon town centre will welcome in customers for the final time today. The Regent Street outlet branch opened in 1997, and sells women's footwear, clothing and accessories.
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Customers' next nearest New Look store is at Orbital Retail Park on the outskirts of the town. Shoppers have been left devastated after finding out the Regent Street store will close permanently. Posting on Facebook, one said: "Nothing left in the town centre nowadays.".
Another posted: "Gutted. Me and my daughter love going to this shop often. Such a shame.". A third bemoaned: "And another bites the dust, going going gone.". It comes after New Look closed a string of stores across the UK, including in Medway and Kent. Other stores have closed in recent years, including in Perth, Scotland, in June and an outlet store in Leigh in May.
The major retailer left shoppers devastated after pulling down the shutters on its branch in Cumbernauld, Scotland, in March. Before that, it closed a branch in Shirley, Southampton, in December. It's not all bad news for the retailer though, as it has been opening stores as well as shuttering them.
It's common practice for major chains to close and open stores based on customer demand and trends. New Look opened a bigger site in The Fosse Park Shopping Park, Leicester, last September after temporarily closing the site in the summer. It also opened a store in Grimsby earlier this year too.
