Cardiff department store 15:17 has closed less than a year after opening on Queen Street in the city centre. The store took over the huge unit from Topshop, which had stood on the street for more than a decade in June last year. However, the store now looks to be closed for good as the company is now being wound up.
Shoppers in Cardiff will have noticed that the shop floor and windows of the unit have been bare since the start of the year. After weeks of speculation about the store's future and attempts from WalesOnline to clarify the situation with company representatives, it has been confirmed that 15:17 has gone into liquidation.
There was excitement and optimism when the store opened in the city centre last summer, with a long queue of shoppers seen on Queen Street ahead of its soft launch. Billed as a "department store with a difference", 15:17 aimed to bring together local and national brands, selling beauty products, clothes, food and drink, flowers and more. It also had an in-store cafe, Fresh, Local & Wild, which catered for vegans and food intolerances, as well as a phone repair clinic.
