MAJOR high street fashion brand M&Co is closing all 170 of its stores – including dozens in April.
HOAR revealed all of the retailer’s branches will close by the end of this month after 110 pulled down their shutters for good.
M&Co has already closed dozens of branches across the UK
It comes after the business fell into administration in 2022 and announced that all of its 170 stores will be closing.
Administrators at Teneo put the bust company up for sale with an auction deadline for interested buyers.
M&Co’s brand and intellectual property was sold to Yours Clothing but the stores were not.
There are 20 branches where exact closing dates have not yet been revealed.
But dozens have already closed this month and two more are closing today (April 23).
Here is the full list of stores that have closed this month:
- Alnwick – April 22
- Alton – April 18
- Ashbourne – April 11
- Attleborough – April 18
- Ayr – April 1
- Banff – April 5
- Beccles – April 1
- Belper – April 1
- Berwick – April 5
- Bexhill – April 20
- Blandford Forum – April 22
- Bridlington – April 1
- Brighouse – April 20
- Buckie – April 11
- Calne – April 1
- Camborne – April 4
- Castle Douglas – April 20
- Chester Le Street – April 11
- Christchurch – April 20
- Congleton – April 15
- Dingwall – April 11
- Diss – April 11
- Dunoon – April 18
- East Grinstead – April 22
- East Retford – April 4
- Egham – April 15
- Exmouth – April 20
- Faversham – April 15
- Formby – April 5
- Garstang – April 20
- Gosport – April 1
- Guisborough – April 18
- Haverhill – April 15
- Helensburgh – April 20
- Inverurie – April 22
- Kirkintilloch – April 22
- Largs – April 22
- Lerwick – April 1
- Lewes – April 1
- Liskeard – April 11
- Market Harborough – April 11
- Marple – April 1
- Melton Mowbray – April 20
- Midsome Norton – April 1
- Milngavie – April 20
- Musselburgh – April 11
- Nairn – April 1
- Nantwich – April 11
- Newquay – April 1
- Northallerton – April 22
- Orkney – April 15
- Oswestry – April 22
- Perth – April 4
- Peterhead – April 15
- Portishead – April 22
- Romsey – April 18
- Ryde – April 4
- Saffron Walden – April 22
- Saltcoats – April 11
- Sleaford – April 15
- St Neots – April 20
- Stowmarket – April 13
- Stroud – April 22
- Sudbury – April 15
- Upminster – April 11
- Warminster – April 20
- Welshpool – April 11
- Woodbridge – April 4
- Wutham – April 3
It’s not just M&Co which is closing branches across the UK.
A number of retailers have been struggling to keep stores open in recent years, in part due to the surge in popularity of online shopping and coronavirus pandemic contributing to that surge.
Inflation in recent months has soared too, squeezing households’ pockets and meaning they are less likely to spend money.
Stationery retailer Paperchase fell into administration in January and all stores closed for good on April 3.
Meanwhile, Boots pharmacy has closed three stores already this year and B&Q has pulled down the shutters on eight “mini-shops” inside Asda supermarkets.
Fashion retailer H&M has closed three branches while M&S has shut down some of its stores, but it does plan to open new branches too.
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