Major high street chain with 1,000 stores set to close shop this weekend | UK | News
This weekend, a large chain has been arranged in a city of England to close a flagship store. The store has been operating since 1929, but it hasn’t healed since Covid, and it will close for good tomorrow on Saturday, September 27th.
The Marks and Spencer store on Dudley Street in Wolverhampton will close after saying that the bosses have never “fully healed” from the effect of the shop pandema. As of June, there were a total of 1,047 m & s shop in the UK, including 895. However, the retailer is now preparing to reduce the number of full line stores and focus on more Foodhall locations.
As reported BBCM & S Regional Manager Calum Telford thanked the “past and present” staff at the store in Wolverhampton. However, the bosses promised to stay in the city by adding Mr. Telford’s “search continues for an appropriate alternative food place”.
The Wolverhampton Council works with M&S to find a new place in the city and support staff and their families. It is not yet known that how many personnel work will be presented as alternative roles as possible before.
Stephen Simkins, the leader of the Municipal Assembly, said M & S could return to Banks’s beer factory in the city. There are also speculation that a new M&S Food output can be opened in the St John’s Retail Park in Wolverhampton.
In 2022, M&S announced that it aims to open extra 100 food halls until April 2026. Retailer also confirmed its plans to reduce the number of traditional store openings from 247 to 180.
Mr. Telford said: “For years, I would like to thank all our customers and colleagues shopping in M&S Wolverhampton for years.
He said: “In the meantime, Merry Hill and Wednesbury Dining Hall, including the Dining Hall in the Black Country will continue to work hard to serve customers.”
A Council spokesman said earlier: “It will be sad to see that M & S has left the Dudley Street store at the end of September – but they are connected to Wolverhampton and we are working with them to determine the appropriate places for new business models.
“We appreciate how uncomfortable this is for the staff, and the Council’s Wolves at work is linked to M&A to support workers and their families.
“In addition, we are eager to see that the Dudley Street site of private property is used quickly. As everyone knows, the town -wide towns and city centers are changing and we understand exactly that the difficult decision of M & S is guided by wider, market conditions and customer behaviors.”
