Overview
- Fourteen branches closed on Tuesday, with a further 16 due to shut on Thursday across locations including Hull, Rochdale and Shrewsbury.
- All staff at the closing sites will be made redundant, with reports placing redundancies from this round in the hundreds and ranging from about 130 to roughly 235.
- Interpath says 85 shops remain open and trading as it runs a sales process and engages parties interested in a potential rescue.
- The latest closures follow the immediate shutdown of 32 stores when Bodycare entered administration on September 5, resulting in about 450 job losses.
- Interpath cites a funding shortfall, strained supplier relationships and stock shortages, alongside higher rents and staffing costs weighing on high-street trading.