Marks and Spencer store closures: 100 branches CLOSING – Will your local M&S go? Full list
MARKS AND SPENCER store closures: M&S will close over 100 branches across the UK. The high street giants have released a full list of the stores expected to close. Is your local store on the list?
Marks and Spencer have announced they will close over 100 stores across the UK in a restructuring plan.
The high street store closures will take place before 2022, a press release has confirmed. They have released a full list of those currently planned to close.
The company released a press release this morning to explain the changes that will go ahead.
It reads: “M&S today announced the next tranche of UK stores proposed for closure or set to close as it reshapes its UK store estate in line with its target to take at least a third of sales online.
"M&S will now close over 100 stores in total by 2022, including 21 that have already closed and the 14 stores that are announced today as proposed for closure or set to close."
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Marks and Spencer have released a full list of store closures across the UK
Marks and Spencer has already closed 21 stores since November 2016 as part of the Store Estate programme after a review of its store portfolio.
The press release continues: "Alongside relocations, conversions, downsizes and the introduction of concessions, these closures will radically reshape M&S’s Clothing & Home space."
The press release confirmed which of the Marks and Spencer stores will close.
Marks and Spencer stores to close
Bayswater Simply Food, Whiteleys Of Bayswater Queensway
Clacton, 39 Pier Avenue, Clacton On Sea
Fleetwood Outlet, Freeport Outlet Village Anchorage Road Fleetwood, FY7 6AE
Holloway Road, 422 Holloway Road
Newton Abbot Outlet, 10 Courtenay Street
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They also provided a full list of the stores which are proposed for closure.
Darlington, 70 Northgate
East Kilbride, 1 Righead Gate
Falkirk, 59 High Street
Kettering, 45 High Street
Newmarket, 8 The Guineas
New Mersey Speke Shopping Park, Unit 4a-4b New Mersey Retail Park
Northampton, 41 Abington
Stockton, 139 The High Street
Walsall, 53 Park Street
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Marks and Spencer aims to move “at least a third of sales online”, according to the company’s press release.
It is not the only high street giant to close stores in recent months.
New Look UK store closures will also take place this year, it was announced in March.
New Look has announced it will be closing 60 UK stores after a restructuring plan to make the chain profitable.
Closures will happen in store locations across the countries, from the Cardiff store in Wales to Borehamwood store in Hertfordshire.
The retail chain will also cut up to 1,000 jobs across their workforce in a bid to resolve financial issues, bosses have revealed.