Major high street retailer with 1,100 stores to shut two sites for good TODAY amid wave of closures A MAJOR retailer with more than 1,100 branches will shut two shops for the last time today after a string of other closures.
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.
A WHSmith spokesperson told The Sun: “We can confirm that the WHSmith store in Basingstoke will be closing on Saturday February 1, 2025.
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.
They said: "It is no longer sustainable to continue to trade from this location and the decision has been taken to close the store as a result of the forthcoming lease expiry.
