Marks & Spencer has announced it is to permanently close dozens of stores after revealing a £201m loss in the face of the pandemic.
The retail giant, which has 250 sites selling clothes, homeware and food will also restructure 70 existing stores, with others to be moved to a new location.
Some stores will be transformed into food only as the business battles to bounce back from tough trading conditions in the past year.
In a trading statement released on Wednesday, May 26 the shop said it will look to modernise in order to improve trading performance.
The statement read: “Our objective for the full line estate is to achieve a fully modernised core of 180 stores.
"Our current best view of the future estate based on stress tests, regional modelling and current retail and efficiency requirements is as follows.
"In around 30 locations which can no longer support a store we will close, recapturing trade in nearby stores or online."
Around 100 shops will either become a food only store, will close, will move or will merge with another branch.
M&S saw its clothing and home business report a 31.5% slump over the last year.
Steve Rowe, chief executive at Marks & Spencer, said: "In a year like no other we have delivered a resilient trading performance, thanks in no small part to the extraordinary efforts of our colleagues.
"In addition, by going further and faster in our transformation through the Never the Same Again programme, we moved beyond fixing the basics to forge a reshaped M&S.
"With the right team in place to accelerate change in the trading businesses and build a trajectory for future growth, we now have a clear line of sight on the path to make M&S special again.
"The transformation has moved to the next phase."
It is unclear at this time which stores across the country will be closed.
