1 hour ago Inside UK ghost town 'dying a death' with more than 40 empty stores on the High Street

Walsall, in the West Midlands, was once the centre of the UK's leather and saddle trade, and a bustling retail centre that boasted scores of shopping chains and independent stores

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17 h. ago Poundland closing more high street stores within weeks – see full list

Poundland is closing six more shops in July and August, with one branch shutting for good this week. The discounter, which was recently sold for £1, has already shut a number of stores

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3 d. ago High street store closures: the worst and best high streets for UK shops closing revealed by new report

Towns are losing shoppers to cities and retail parks — but some are bouncing back 🍽️

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4 d. ago Claire’s Accessories UK: high street ear piercing chain at risk of closing 90 UK stores

Hundreds of jobs could be on the line as the tween favourite scrambles to stay afloat 💔

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4 d. ago Popular high street store under threat with a third of its branches facing axe

A source has claimed that anyone looking to buy Claire's could end up closing a 'significant' number of stores, with another also stating that around one third of stores could shutter for good

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6 d. ago Iconic high street chain calls in advisors as 281 UK stores at risk of closure

Experts have been hired to draw up a last-ditch rescue plan

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6 d. ago Loss making Claire's Accessories calls in advisers as huge debt payment looms

High street stalwart has almost 300 UK stores including two on Oxford Street

Economics

6 d. ago Major UK brand to close another store after shutting 10 high street branches this year – full list

New Look is set to close one of its UK stores as the fashion retailer continues to streamline its shop estate

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8 d. ago Poundland update after town centre shop mysteriously closes down

Shoppers arrived to find the shutters down last week.

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8 d. ago More than 70 firefighters tackle blaze at London block of flats

A flat was ‘completely alight’ on the 11th floor of the 17-storey building on Hillingdon Street in Walworth

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8 d. ago Walworth tower fire LIVE: Over 70 firefighters tackle blaze in 17

The London Fire Brigade has sent over 70 firefighters to the scene of a flat fire on the 11th floor of a 17-storey block of flats on Hillingdon Street in Walworth, south London

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8 d. ago Steve Bannon calls for special prosecutor to investigate ‘all’ Epstein documents

Earlier this week, a leaked memo said there was no Epstein ‘client list’ – a declaration that has been called into contention by MAGA

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8 d. ago High street fashion chain shuts another store after closing dozens of sites

Reacting to the news of the closure on Facebook, one person said: 'Sad our little new look has closed. Just cafes, nail bars and barbers left now.'

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9 d. ago Major high street brand with 66 stores opens new branch in iconic location

The White Company has 66 very white-coloured stores across the the UK and worldwide, and it has now opened another new branch, following on from other openings earlier this year

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9 d. ago Iconic high street brand with 1,047 stores and famous viral foods opens huge new megastore

The new home of wildly viral foods in the UK has opened up a massive new food hall, which is due to open its doors next week . . . but it's not just any new food hall

Society

1 week ago Carolina Wilga: Missing German backpacker last seen on CCTV at Western Australia service station

Missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga was last seen on CCTV arriving at a general store at the corner of Lucas Street and Shemeld Street in Beacon, in a black and silver Mitsubishi Delica van, on 29 June.

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1 week ago Full list of TRNSMT Glasgow road closures and travel disruption this weekend

The measures include road closures and parking bans as revellers gear up for the three-day festival

Transport

2 w. ago High street store puts security tags on popular board game Brits love

Chiefs at WHSmith’s Croydon outlet in south London have slapped two layers of anti-theft measures on the £29.99 family gift – a hard plastic security alarm tag and sticker

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2 w. ago Zara at 50: how the brand rose to the top – and what it’s doing to stay there

As fashion empire hits middle age, it’s cutting costs and closing stores, shifting to larger outlets and new productsIn Arteixo, northern Spain, workers are putting the final touches to a gigantic white box of a building, fixing windows and planting greenery in the new global headquarters of the fashion brand Zara, which turned 50 this year.The site, complete with a private high street where the retailer will test out its latest store concepts, is not far from the small store on the corner of a nondescript street in the centre of nearby La Coruña where, in 1975, Amancio Ortega opened his first fashion store. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Former BHS store on Oxford Street reborn as new office, retail and cultural complex

Scheme follows reinvention of former Debenhams and House of Fraser sites

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