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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Charmaine Wong and Morgan Ofori

‘I’m broken-hearted’: customers mourn the end of Wilko

Two people stand in the middle of a store, holding cleaning products
‘I’ll miss the bargains’: Kashara and Daniel Loman in Wilko in Lewisham, south London. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

The mood in the Wilko in Lewisham Shopping Centre is sombre on Thursday afternoon as dozens of customers ponder whether this visit might be their last, now that the budget retailer has officially entered administration.

The south-east London branch is one of about 400 across the country facing the threat of closure after rescue talks failed, putting 12,000 jobs across the business at risk.

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