Iconic homeware chain with 59 stores to shutter branch after 10 years as owners search for a buyer AN iconic homeware chain with 59 shops is shutting one of its branches after 10 years.
Many retailers including Next and Marks & Spencer have been shutting stores on the high street and taking bigger stores in better-performing retail parks instead.
WHSmith is one other retailer reportedly on the lookout for buyers as it looks to sell 500 UK high street stores.
The centre also said it expects 17,350 shops to close in 2025, as businesses battle the double whammy of rising employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and the national minimum wage.
In some cases, retailers are shutting a store and reopening a new shop at the other end of a high street to reflect how a town has changed.
