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Pressure on high-street shops and restaurants ‘likely to intensify’ in 2026

Insolvency bosses have indicated that changes to business rates and higher labour costs could put many high-street businesses at further risk.

Evening Standard

Poundland And 15 Other Big Names Close Stores In 2025 — Is This The End Of Retail As We Know It?

Poundland and 15 other UK high street giants shut stores in 2025, fuelling fears of a retail crisis.

International Business Times UK

Which high street brands closed stores in 2025?

A raft of major UK retail and hospitality brand shut down stores across the UK this year, amid pressure on consumer finances and rising costs.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

‘I’ll never say I’m popping to Jones’s’: shoppers yet to feel love for WH Smith’s high street replacement

TG Jones took over stores six months ago but consumers have noticed little change or investment

The Guardian - UK

Music Streams And Merch Sales Drive JoJo Siwa’s Net Worth Surge In 2025

Explore JoJo Siwa's net worth surge, fueled by music streams & merch sales. Find out everything you need to know about the dancer, her $20 million & TV shows!

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Half of Claire’s stores in UK and Ireland bought in rescue deal but jobs still at risk

Modella Capital warns of ‘inevitable’ closures and job losses at accessories chain while administrators run remaining stores Business live – latest updates

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More than 140 Claire’s Accessories stores saved by new rescue deal

More than 140 stores, however, remain at risk

The Independent UK

Modella to buy 156 Claire’s Accessories stores in rescue deal

However, the future of 145 stores not included in the deal remains uncertain.

Evening Standard

Owner of WH Smith’s high street chain frontrunner to buy Claire’s UK business

Claire’s appointed administrators for its UK and Ireland business last month after filing for bankruptcy in the US.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Claire’s stores to close after buyer found

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The Independent UK

Accessories retailer Claire’s finds a buyer but hundreds of stores still set to close

As part of the deal Claire’s has paused the liquidation process at a ‘significant number’ of stores

The Independent UK

This Iconic Chain Store Is Closing Down. Which Retailer Could File for Bankruptcy Next?

Drugstore Rite Aid has filed for Chapter 11 again, and this time it’s selling off all its assets to the competition. But retail conditions remain challenging for all. Rite Aid might not be the only big chain store going out of business in 2025.

Barchart

With over 17,000 shops in the UK expected to close this year, city centres must move on from retail

British businesses are under such strain that around 50,000 are on the brink of collapse according to a recent report. Retail is an especially vulnerable sector, with predictions that over 17,300 shops will close this year, costing 200,000 jobs.

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The Guardian - UK

Share your memories of Claire’s Accessories

We’d like to hear your memories of the jewellery retailer as it prepares to appoint administrators in the UK and Ireland

The Independent UK

So long, Claire’s Accessories – but you deserved to fail

COMMENT: Much as it’s sad to see yet another high-street stalwart fall, the brand’s combination of cheap tat and overblown prices isn’t particularly worth mourning, argues Helen Coffey

International Business Times UK

Claire's Accessories Filed For Bankruptcy Twice: Are Stores Closing Down For Good?

Claire's Accessories has entered bankruptcy for the second time in seven years, putting thousands of jobs and hundreds of UK and US stores at risk of closure.

The Guardian - UK

Claire’s to appoint administrator in UK and Ireland, putting 2,150 jobs at risk

Jewellery retailer takes decision a week after bankruptcy filings by parent company in US and Canada

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The Independent UK

Huge UK retailer’s future is unclear

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The Independent UK

Claire’s on brink of collapse with thousands of jobs at risk

The fashion giant’s hundreds of stores across the UK and Ireland are set to be put into administration

Evening Standard

Around 2,150 jobs at risk as Claire’s Accessories appoints administrators

The move will raise fears over the future of its 306 stores across the UK and Ireland.

The National (Scotland)

Retailer Claire's files for administration with 25 Scottish stores at risk

Claire's Accessories is a high street retailer that has filed for administration, which means that its 25 Scottish stores are at risk of closure

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55 People Reveal What It’s Like To Watch Your Workplace Slowly Collapse

What's it like to work for a company that's heading for the graveyard?

Benzinga

Deal Dispatch: Performance Food Group And Claire's Lead A Week Of Big Auctions, Retail Woes

For the previous edition of Deal Dispatch, click here.

The Independent UK

Claire's, known for piercing millions of teens' ears, files for Chapter 11, 2nd time since 2018

Mall-based teen retailer Claire’s, known for helping to usher teens into a key rite of passage _ ear piercing _ but now struggling with a big debt load and changing consumer tastes, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

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