Overview

• Cancer Research UK plans to shut almost 200 shops over the next 18 months and open 12 out-of-town superstores by 2027.
• Scope says further permanent closures in England and Wales will take this year’s total to 58, with more due in the next two weeks.
• Thrifting commentator Lisa Brown predicts many small high-street outlets will give way to fewer warehouse-type stores on industrial estates.
• She also expects more vintage-style or boutique rebrands that allow charities to charge higher prices.
• Shoppers voice mixed reactions, with concerns about access and rising prices contrasted with praise for parking and larger layouts, including a Swansea Salvation Army site likened to a US-style thrift store.