High street fashion chain with 89 locations launches closing down sale at popular branch ahead of shutting in weeks

A HIGH thoroughfare manner concatenation with 89 branches has launched a closing down merchantability astatine a fashionable subdivision up of shutting successful a fewer weeks.

Jack Wills, which is owned by Frasers Group, volition shutter its subdivision successful Old Market buying centre successful Hereford successful March.

A closing down merchantability has already been launched, according to a study successful the Hereford Times.

It volition springiness shoppers a accidental to drawback 20% disconnected afloat terms items earlier it goes for good.

The marque celebrated for its hoodies and branded underwear, archetypal opened successful the West Midland buying centre successful 2015.

Locals person branded the determination a "shame" with galore saying the country would beryllium near similar a "ghost town".

Responding to the news, 1 disappointed shopper said: "How galore bare shops is that successful Hereford now? Its a dying city."

While different added: "Another 1 bites the dust."

A 3rd frustrated section said: "Very sad. The precocious streets are truly struggling. People are not spending. Always consciousness for the unit involved."

The Sun has approached Frasers for comment.

It's not the archetypal clip locals successful the country person had to question goodbye to 1 of their favourite precocious thoroughfare stores.

The Caffè Nero branch, connected Eign Gate successful Hereford, closed past month.

The announcement read: "Sadly aft galore years this Caffè Nero has had to adjacent owed to circumstances beyond our control.

"We person loved being present and would similar to convey you for being a fantastic lawsuit - it has ever been a privilege to service you."

Last year, Cosmetics giant L'Occitane En Provence shut the doors of the store successful Hereford's Old Market.

The precocious extremity store opened for the archetypal clip successful 2014 with the motorboat of the buying centre.

As for Jack Wills, it's not the archetypal clip the retailer has closed its stores.

Shoppers were near devastated aft it unopen its subdivision successful Westquay Shopping Centre successful Southampton.

Many took to societal media to stock their frustration, with 1 blasting "terrible".

Jack Wills also closed Forth Street successful Taunton backmost successful November 2023, and pulled the shutters down connected its last Scottish store connected Bell Street successful St Andrews in October 2023.

Jack Wills was bought retired by Mike Ashley's Sports Direct, portion of the Frasers Group, successful August 2019.

The billionaire enactment successful a £12.75million bid for the ailing business, which astatine the clip had 110 stores crossed the UK and Ireland.

TROUBLE ON THE HIGH STREET

Just this month, bosses astatine a fig of salient retailers person revealed plans to chopped stores from their estates.

Garden centre elephantine Dobbies closed 12 of its stores before Christmas to assistance enactment up other costs pursuing a restructuring plan.

Meanwhile, Homebase has confirmed that six of its sites volition adjacent earlier the extremity of the year.

These see sites successful Sutton Coldfield, Bromsgrove, Cromer, Fareham, Newark and Rugby.

Three more Homebase sites successful Derry, Inverurie, and Omagh are besides acceptable to adjacent successful the coming months, on with a subdivision successful Glenrothes adjacent Fife.

The garden and homeware retailer crashed into administration last month, but astir 70 stores were rescued by CDS Superstores, the proprietor of The Range and Wilko.

At the clip it entered administration, Homebase operated 141 stores.