DOZENS of shops are set to close across the country before the end of the month in the latest blow to UK high streets. Just two months in to 2025 and it's already proving to be another tough year for many major brands. Rising living costs - which mean shoppers have less cash to burn - and an increase in online shopping has battered retail in recent years.
Just this week former staple of the high street Quiz crashed into administration with the immediate closure of 23 stores . The company, best know for its party wear struggled in recent years and appointed insolvency practitioner Teneo to manage its collapse. It comes as fresh figures from the Centre for Retail Research showed around 13,479 high street stores shut for good last year.
READ MORE ON MONEY This was up from 28% on the levels seen in 2023. Here are all the retailers which have announced plans to close store this month. DOBBIES The garden centre chain will close its branch in Aylesbury come February 28.
It comes after the gardening specialist closed 16 stores as part of a restructuring plan late last year. Most read in Money Five shops have already shut their doors throughout January. Two of the shops, Morpeth and Stapleton, had been earmarked for closure already but shut their doors for the last time in mid January.
The chain will also close a branch in Northampton on March 2. NEW LOOK The fashion retailer said it would close a site in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf on February 22. Sites are Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, as .
