Overview
- Hardware chain Coopers is closing all remaining branches by Saturday at 3pm after nearly a century in business, with staff citing weak footfall and some locations losing in‑store Post Office kiosks.
- The Original Factory Shop has closed or announced 31 locations for closure in 2025, including a Spennymoor shutdown after a closing sale, following a Modella Capital takeover and rent renegotiations.
- New Look shut its Potteries Centre store on October 14 and will close its Hinckley branch on December 9, as the chain trims a UK estate listed at 338 stores and highlights ongoing omni‑channel investment.
- Fashion chains including River Island, Quiz, Monki and Select Fashion feature prominently in rolling closure lists tallying hundreds of UK shutdowns this year across towns and cities.
- This week’s closures also included a Poundland in Rochdale and six NatWest branches, with trade bodies warning that business‑rate changes could put more large shops at risk.