Major retailer with 156 branches throughout the UK proclaims one other retailer closure | UK | News | EUROtoday

A significant excessive avenue retailer has closed one other UK retailer because it continues to close its shops amid ongoing monetary turmoil.

Claire’s has shut its York metropolis centre retailer, with the unit rapidly taken over by a brand new memento store promoting presents aimed toward vacationers visiting the historic metropolis. The closure comes as the style equipment chain undergoes widespread restructuring following the collapse of its UK enterprise into administration earlier this yr.

The retailer has confronted mounting challenges in current months. After a rescue deal by Modella Capital in late 2025 didn’t stabilise the enterprise, Claire’s UK operations entered administration once more on 26 January 2026.

Administrators from Kroll are actually overseeing the corporate’s remaining shops.

As of February 2026, the chain is within the strategy of closing round 145 confirmed shops throughout the UK, a lot of that are working clearance gross sales forward of everlasting closure.

These embrace areas in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast, amongst dozens of different cities and cities.

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An additional 156 shops are thought-about in danger, having been a part of the preliminary rescue plan however now dealing with an unsure future except a purchaser is discovered. These branches are persevering with to commerce for now whereas directors discover choices.

The York closure provides to a sequence of modifications on town’s excessive avenue, with different retailers additionally making ready to close their doorways.

Cello by Collectables on Church Street and German footwear chain Deichmann on Davygate are among the many newest shops set to shut within the metropolis.

The collapse of Claire’s UK arm displays wider pressures on the retail sector, together with rising prices, falling footfall and a shift in direction of on-line procuring. Unless a brand new investor steps in, extra closures are anticipated within the coming months.