Major retailer with over 800 branches confirms popular site will shut in ANOTHER blow to highstreet
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A MAJOR retailer with over 800 branches has confirmed it will close a popular site in another blow to a local high street. Bournemouth locals are reeling following news that Superdrug will close its site on Commercial Road on January 31. The popular retailer - which sells everything from makeup to medicine - confirmed to The Sun that it is exiting the location because of the landlord's desire to redevelop the site.
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As part of the development plans, the current building housing the shop will be converted into eight smaller units, reports in the Bournemouth Daily Echo said. Following its closure, locals will have three other Superdrugs to shop from but no longer have a branch in the town centre.
One of the nearest locations is a 3.1-mile journey to its branch on Christchurch Road. The closure has been described as "ridiculous" by locals, who are also preparing for the closure of WHSmith in the town centre come January 18. One upset local said Bournemouth is becoming a "ghost town," after hearing the news of another closure.
A second devasted shopper said Superdrug doesn’t deserve to go. "It’s such a good shop," they said adding that WH Smith was "one of the best" stores to buy art supplies. "Bournemouth has died," a third solemnly added. A fourth was added that it was "shocking" and they wondered "what had gone wrong.".
