Major retailer with 1,100 branches to shut ANOTHER shop as 18 set to close for good
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A MAJOR retailer with 1,100 branches to shut another shop as 18 stores are set to close for good. WH Smith has confirmed yet another closure after revealing 17 stores would shut for good in the coming months. Its branch on Powis Street in Woolwich is now the latest to be marked for closure, with the store shutting up shop for good in April.
![[Photo of a WH Smith shop in Cambridge.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2015-wh-smith-shop-cambridge-949096765.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The stationery and sweet shop has been on the south-east London high street for almost two decades, first opening in 2008. Customers have branded the closure a "shame", with many saying there would be "no shops left" in the area. One disgruntled customer said: "Another nail in the coffin, as if there was anything left anyway; it's been a ghost town for years.".
"Yet another decent shop closes in Woolwich," said another. A spokesperson for the branch told The Sun it was "disappointed" to be losing its presence in the area. 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.".
A Post Office branch located within the branch could also face closure. A vacancy has been advertised on the runapostoffice.co.uk website in an effort to save the branch. As for WH Smith, it already has plans to close another branch in Bournemouth in the New Year.
