A number of high street retailers are continuing to close stores throughout August.
Due to shifting consumer behaviour and the Covid-19 outbreak, store closures have increased in recent years.
Among the retailers closing stores this summer are Wickes, Tesco, and Boots.
Here is a list of confirmed store closings for August 2024.
Tesco – Chippenham, Wiltshire
Tesco has announced it will close its superstore location in Chippenham, Wiltshire, on August 15.Although customers may be disappointed by the announcement, it will be replaced by a new Tesco Express store opening nearby.
Wickes – Moore Street, Sheffield
This retailer has declared that its Sheffield Moore Street location will close on August 16.After the collapse of the company's Bristol branch earlier this year, DIY shoppers have recently had to cope with additional Wickes closures.
Marks and Spencer – Redhill, Surrey
On August 17, a well-liked M&S store in Redhill, Surrey, will close its doors after 33 years.This is a component of the retailer's larger plans for restructuring, which also include the closure of The Belfry shopping centre.
Clinton Cards – Bexhill and Castlepoint shopping centre, Bournemouth
Following Clinton Cards' collapse last year, two of this chain's well-liked locations will close.These include the store on August 4 in Bexhill and another on August 11 in the Castlepoint shopping centre in Bournemouth.
Boots
Boots is getting ready to close a lot of stores, and closed the Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-on-Sea store on August 1.
With 69 locations scheduled to close this year, the pharmacy company is planning to close 300 locations nationwide including 14 in London in order to save £618m.
Time Out has a full list of store closures across the country.
Here are all the London stores that have closed or are looking to close:
- 383 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London, SW15 5QJ
- Unit 17 Oaks Shopping Centre, Acton High Street, London, W3 6RE
- 73 Piccadilly, London, W1J 8HS
- 315-317 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London, N13 4YB
- Main Concourse, Euston Station, London, NW1 2RS
- 100 Newbridge Street, London, EC4V 6JJ
- Unit 9 King Edward Court, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DX
- 8-10 Camden High Road, Mornington Crescent, London, NW1 0JH
- 138 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 6BL
- 54 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AD
- 120 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2BE
- 9-11 Old Church Road, Chingford, London, E4 6SJ
- 21-23 Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3HN
- 4-5 Coleman House, High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7EX
