A HIGH street giant with 500 branches has announced the permanent closure of a store in just days. Shoppers are devastated and cry "another one gone" as they prepare for the popular store to be no longer. Next has announced it will be closing its branch at the Grosvenor Centre in Northampton town centre.
Locals have taken to Facebook to share their disappointment with one posting news of the closure. The caption read: "So next is closing in the Grosvenor Centre, another one gone." One commented: "Nothing to go into town for these days.
It’s so sad," while another added: "We have nothing soon in this town." read more on shops A third wrote: "That's bad news for the town. We should support our shops.
When I was younger we had such lot to choose from." A fourth said: "No surprise there such sad times for our town centre." The closure is planned for this Saturday and marks the end of an era for the popular retail chain at this shopping destination.
Next took on the unit when House of Fraser closed in 2014, around the same time Primark moved into the centre. Most read in Money After a period of renovations, the Next store opened in 2015. A Next spokeswoman said: “We can confirm that the Northampton NEXT store will cease trade on Saturday.
Unfortunately, we have no further information at this time.” It comes as the dates a major cinema chain with over 100 sites will close two outlets have been revealed. Odeon Cinemas is set to close its Covent Garden and Surrey Quays branches.