Full list of shop closures in February 2025

Last twelvemonth was 1 of the worst ever recorded for the British precocious street, with implicit 13,000 store closures from large brands reported.

And 2025 isn’t looking overmuch amended either, with brands specified arsenic Pandora, Swarovski, Bershka, Urban Outfitters and River Island each announcing plans to adjacent their flagship stores connected Oxford Street, on with a big of others.

Recent predictions from the Centre for Retail Research estimation that a further 17,349 shops volition adjacent this year, further putting the compression connected the precocious street.

Here’s a look astatine the afloat database of UK shops acceptable to adjacent successful February:

WHSmith

WHSmith volition beryllium closing 4 stores this period arsenic backstage equity firms look to instrumentality power of the retailers precocious thoroughfare shops and absorption seeks to displacement its absorption towards question hubs specified arsenic railways and motorway work stations.

The 4 stores acceptable to adjacent successful February include:

• Basingstoke, Hampshire – February 1
• Winton, Bournemouth – February 15
• Rhyl, Denbighshire – February 15
• Bolton, Greater Manchester – February 15

Sainsbury’s

The supermarket elephantine closed its Stamford Hill subdivision successful eastbound London connected February 1 aft 14 years successful concern successful bid to let landlords to redevelop the site.

• Stamford Hill, London – February 1

‘Earlier this year, we shared the hard quality with colleagues astatine our Stamford Hill supermarket that the landlord intends to redevelop the site,’ a Sainsbury’s spokesperson said.

The store volition stay unfastened and our colleagues volition proceed to service the section assemblage arsenic accustomed betwixt present and February 1, erstwhile our lease expires.’

Iceland

Frozen nutrient retailer Iceland has besides closed a store successful the capital, shutting up store successful Welling.

• Bellegrove, Welling, London – February 1

Iceland has not revealed its reasons for closing the subdivision down, but says it has offered its unit jobs successful different stores.

Farmfoods

Farmfoods closed its store successful Calthorpe Centre successful Banbury connected Sunday, February 2. 

• Calthorpe Centre, Banbury – February 2

No crushed for the closure was given, but the concatenation is looking to unfastened a caller tract successful the Oxfordshire area.

A Farmfoods spokesperson said: ‘I corroborate our store astatine the Calthorpe Centre, Banbury volition permanently adjacent connected February 2 pursuing a 50% sale.

‘We’re grateful to each customers who person shopped with america during our clip trading from the spot and anticipation to unfastened a caller store elsewhere successful the municipality successful the future, but details are not confirmed astatine this stage.’

The Entertainer

The Entertainer closed a subdivision successful Whitgift Centre successful Croydon, London connected Saturday, February 1. 

• Whitgift Centre, Croydon – February 1

Paul Hardy, Head of Region astatine The Entertainer, said: ‘We are bittersweet to beryllium closing our Croydon store arsenic a request of the landlord for the projected redevelopment of the Whitgift Shopping Centre. We would similar to convey our customers and unit for their loyalty and support.’

Hollister

The US covering marque owned by Abercrombie & Fitch has said it plans to adjacent its subdivision successful Union Square, Aberdeen astatine immoderate constituent successful February, though an nonstop day has not been fixed yet.

‘We tin corroborate we volition beryllium closing our Union Square Hollister store astatine the extremity of February,’ work a statement.

‘We judge stores substance and we are exploring caller store opportunities successful the UK, including successful Aberdeen, to supply a large buying acquisition for our customers.’

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