Shoppers in one of Nottingham's busiest streets have expressed sadness that 'yet another' shop on the high street has closed its doors for the final time. Paperchase, in Clumber Street, was one of the best-known stationery stores in Nottingham.
But it has shut after Tesco bought the Paperchase brand, the latter of which had gone into administration after failing to find a rescue deal. It was reported in January that Tesco was only interested in the Paperchase brand and intellectual property, not its stores, with Tesco keen to bring the Paperchase brand into its supermarket.
But the old Paperchase shop has since closed - and, with everything inside gone, shoppers lamented the closure of the store when speaking to Nottinghamshire Live, with one man calling for new additions to Clumber Street.
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Mike Holtom, 62, who lives in Nottingham, said: "Well it's not great. That's another store gone among many for Nottingham. How many is that now? It seems to happen all the time. It's quite an important one for the city too.
"Hopefully there are plans to replace it with something else sooner rather than later. I just hope it doesn't end up like all the other stores that get left sitting there for months on end.
"Clumber Street used to be full of independent stores and more of them would be welcome I think. There are to many shops that people aren't needed."
Retired 65-year-old Graham Retallak said: "Yet another shop gone. It's a sorry state of affairs, really. I used to love shopping in Nottingham but I could count the number of places I like to go to now on one hand."
Paperchase had only recently moved from Middle Pavement to Clumber Street in August last year amid its previous buyout. Prior to that, Permira Debt Managers had rescued the brand from administration in January 2022. Paperchase was created in 1968 by two art students with its first store in London.
The brand has had many different owners since then, including the former bookshop Borders and WHSmith. The retailer took over the empty Virgin Media store on Clumber Street, joining several other well-known brands on the street including Lush, Tag Heuer and Superdrug.
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