‘Ghost town’ grumble shoppers as bargain fashion chain to close another store for good with MORE to follow

A HIGH road vogue chain has shut one more department after already closing greater than 200 branches.

Peacocks, which as soon as had greater than 400 shops throughout the UK, closed one other of its shops on March 16.

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Peacocks collapsed into administration in 2020 and was pressured to shut simply over 200 of its 400 shops.

The chain was rescued in April 2021 and was capable of preserve its remaining shops open, saving 2,000 jobs.

However now, the retailer has needed to shut extra of its doorways in a determined bid to remain afloat.

The newest to chew the bullet is the Peacocks department in Clarendon Sq. Mall in Hyde, which closed for good on Saturday, March 16.

In accordance with Tameside Correspondent, the closest department is now Ashton-under-Lyne.

The Peacocks department in Hyde truly had a closing down sale again in 2020, though it re-opened after Covid restrictions have been lifted.

Now, it seems that the closure is everlasting.

It is not the one Peacocks retailer set to vanish from the excessive road within the coming weeks.

The retailer has introduced it’s going to shut its retailer in Merthyr Tydfil excessive road in Wales on March 23.

The discount vogue chain might be closing with a bang although, holding a mega 30 per cent off every little thing sale.

In the meantime, the store in Ashford’s County Sq. Buying Centre in Kent may even shut on March 23.

The unit has simply reopened after “important electrical works” pressured it to stay closed for greater than every week.

Elsewhere, Peacocks in Camborne, Cornwall, will shut on April 3.

Plus, additionally it is shuttering its department in Boscombe, Bournemouth, on April 6 in a blow for locals.

The retailer revealed information of the closure on its Fb web page which additionally confirmed a closing down sign-up within the department window.

Peacocks collapsed into administration in November 2020 and shut half of the 420 shops they’d on the time, in a serious blow to the excessive road.

The style chain went bust after struggling for enterprise amid the coronavirus pandemic and a number of lockdowns.

Nevertheless, it has been slowly reappearing on the excessive road, constructing its portfolio again as much as round 350 shops.

And in October final 12 months, the chain revealed it had plans to open seven new shops throughout Wales, England and Scotland.

It didn’t verify the precise opening dates for the brand new shops.

It comes as a number of different main chains have taken severe hits to enterprise on the excessive road.

Final 12 months in style retailers similar to Wilko fell into administration and vanished from the excessive road for good.

Physique Store has additionally just lately fallen into administration and revealed it might be closing virtually half of its 198 shops.

Seven branches have already closed with fast impact however directors for the excessive road stalwart stated it’s seeking to “safe the model’s future” with the restructure.

Troubled vogue model Superdry can also be varied “cost-saving choices” after studies it’s contemplating a serious restructuring.

A Sports activities Direct department in Stroud, Gloucestershire, might be pulling the shutters down for good on the finish of March – after it shuttered its department within the Central Six Retail Park, Coventry, at the top of January.

Grocery store chains similar to Lidl, Tesco and Iceland have been closing shops for the reason that begin of 2023.

And funds retailers similar to Poundstretcher and Argos have been struggling to maintain a few of their single shops afloat too.