// New Look confirms plans to close 6 UK stores saying it’s a ‘normal course of business’
// The stores set to close are in Birmingham, Coventry, Trowbridge, Kirkcaldy, Walthamstow, and Northampton
New Look has confirmed that it is shutting six stores across the UK.
The stores the high-street fashion retailer is axing are in Birmingham, Coventry, Trowbridge, Kirkcaldy, Walthamstow, and Northampton.
A company spokesperson said: “As part of the normal course of business, New Look occasionally closes sites, but also opens new stores when the right opportunities arise.
“While a small number of stores have closed in recent months, our most recent new openings were in November 2022 and we have plans for further openings in the first half of this year.”
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The news comes just weeks after H&M also confirmed it would be closing four of its UK stores citing a “rapid change in customer behaviour”.
The fashion retailer said it has been forced to shut a number of its branches around the world to meet its customers’ needs.
The affected shops include its Burton branch, which closed earlier this month, Hartlepool, Maidenhead and Newport in Isle of Wight.
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2 Comments. Leave new
Fort Shopping Park, Birmingham (January 9)
Trowbridge (January 23)
Coventry (January 29)
Bullring, Birmingham (January 30)
Walthamstow, London (February 4)
Grosvenor Centre, Northampton (February 15)
Kirkcaldy (February, date unconfirmed)
My other post about dates and locations seemingly seem to fail but closing two stores in Birmingham ( bull ring & fort) especially the bull ring store is significant as bull ring is a major shopping centre attracting around 40m visitors a year. Also is the youngest major city in Europe with 40% on the population under 25. Hence why Primark built their biggest store there, but Primark could be one of the many factors (along with rents & rates) contributing to the closures of the two stores.