A value footwear retailer that has been in Broadmead for several decades looks set to close. Shoe Zone has put up posters in the shop windows of its last remaining Bristol city store, advertising a closing-down sale.
Head office is yet to confirm the closure or provide a closing date for the shoe shop chain, which closed all branches in Ireland in 2021. The news comes as a disappointment to Bristol shoppers who will now have to go to Kingswood or Keynsham if they wish to shop in a Shoe Zone store.
At least 20 other Shoe Zone branches closed in 2020, including the shop in Bedminster. But in 2021 the Leicestershire-based discount footwear chain announced that profits were up by 73 per cent compared to the previous year. Digital revenues now account for one in every six sales, Shoe Zone told Business Live in May.