A popular Poundland store in Glasgow's city centre is one among 44 others that will go into 'hibernation' until the end of lockdown.
Union Street's Poundland will close indefinitely after it closes this Saturday (9th Jan).
Other Scottish stores closing include the Ayr High Street branch, and stores in Carlisle, Edinburgh, Perth, Dumfries, Inverness and Kirkcaldy.
It follows an 80% drop in footfall since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, after shopping centres and high streets were forced to close their doors.
Colleagues in hibernating stores will be placed on furlough where appropriate, bosses said.
Austin Cooke, Poundland’s retail director said: "We learned valuable lessons during the lockdown in March about how buying patterns change as people stick to government advice to stay at home.
"Putting a small number of stores into hibernation helps protect them for the long term and focus our attention on the majority of stores that remain open to serve their neighbourhoods.
"We hope this lockdown is short and we can re-open our hibernating stores as quickly as possible and we remain grateful for the vital support schemes available to us that help protect jobs."
Around 800 Poundland stores will remain open.
