Full list of shops closing down in 2024 revealed – including Argos, Next, and WHSmith

30th December 2023

SEVERAL major shops and chains are closing dozens of branches in 2024.

Some stores will be replaced or relocated while others will disappear from the high street forever.

Argos, Next, Jack Wills, and Poundland will all shut selected branches forever in the new year.

It comes as 6,000 retail outlets have brought down the shutters since 2018, according to the British Retail Consortium.

Here is the full list of shops shutting branches next year:

Argos

Argos will close its standalone store at the Overgate in Dundee city centre.

The store, located on the upper floor of the shopping centre, will shut for good in March 2024.

An Argos spokesman confirmed the news, describing it as a "difficult decision".

Argos has also confirmed that its branch in Kingstown, Carlisle will be shutting down too.

The site is set to close in March.

Earlier this year the retailer announced plans to close 100 stores within 12 months.

Sainsbury's, which owns Argos, has said the move is part of plans to expand Argos' presence in supermarkets.

It has already shut more than 45 branches in the last 12 months and opened up over 25 branches inside Sainsbury's stores.

By March 2024, Sainsbury's expects to have 160 standalone stores and between 430 and 460 Argos counters inside Sainsbury's supermarkets.

Boots is a staple of the British high street, but many towns and cities could be set to lose their local branch.

The health and beauty chain previously announced it would be closing 300 shops over the next year, leading to a string of closures in 2023.

This will see the retailer's total shops reduced from 2,200 to 1,900.

A total of 20 branches have already closed, in Leicester, York, Plymouth, and Exeter.

And a further 16 are set to close shortly, with several shutting in the New Year.

Here is the full list of stores closing in the New Year:

"Store closing down" and "everything must go" signs have been spotted in the windows of the Reigate Cardzone branch.

Shoppers are also being offered up to 20% discounts on products.

A spokesperson for Cardzone told HOAR the store will close in early