The high street has suffered another blow with John Lewis becoming the latest retailer to announce store closures across the country.
The shopping giant will shut two department stores in Birmingham and Watford, four At Home shops in Croydon, Newbury, Swindon and Tamworth, as well as two travel hub outlets at Heathrow and St Pancras.
It said the eight shops were already “financially challenged” before the pandemic, which has ramped up the shift towards online shopping.
The Nottingham branch, with four floors of fashion, electricals, homewares and beauty, at the intu Victoria Centre, is unaffected. The store came out of lockdown on June 18.
The company, which opened its first store in Oxford Street in 1864, has 51 branches across the UK.
The group estimated that between 60 to 70 percent of John Lewis sales are set to be made online this year and next, compared with 40 per cent before the coronavirus crisis.
