A BIG high street fashion chain with over 250 stores is closing another shop today.
River Island is closing down its branch at Vicar Lane Shopping Centre in Chesterfield.
The popular fashion brand will have its final trading day at the end today – Saturday, April 19.
In the lead-up to the closure, the store unveiled a closing down sale, offering a generous 30% off everything.
Sharing the news on its Facebook page, the Vicar Lane Shopping Centre had announced: “Get 30% off full price and sale items, in-store ONLY.
“Don’t miss out, the store closes for good at 17.30pm on Saturday April 19, so now’s the time to grab a bargain!”
It comes imminently after the Sports Direct branch on Newmarket Road in Cambridge shut on Friday after launching a huge closing down sale to clear out stock.
Customers had been piling in to snap up discounts on sports gear, trainers, and top-brand clothing.
And New Look is also permanently closing its branch at the Broadway Shopping Centre in Bexleyheath, south-east London, today after a huge closing down sale.
The fashion favourite, which has around 350 stores across the UK, launched massive discounts to clear stock, with prices slashed by up to 70 per cent.
Shoppers have been flocking to the store to grab bargains, with rails of clothes selling for as little as £3 for tops and £5 for summer dresses.
Locals said they had never seen the store so packed as people rushed to pick up last-minute deals before the shutters come down.
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The store will close on May 2, giving shoppers just a few weeks to say their goodbye.
A closing down sign posted inside the shop read: “We’re closing
2nd May.. Don’t worry, we have another great store in the Southside Shopping Centre near Specsavers.”
The report was first published on the Battersea Beat Instagram page.
Other shops leaving the high street
Beales, one of Britain’s oldest department stores, has launched a closing down sale before it shuts its last remaining shop after more than 140 years.
The company will shut its branch in Poole’s Dolphin Centre on May 31.
The sale includes fashion, furniture, gifts and cosmetics, being sold for up to 70% off.
Beales chief executive Tony Brown blamed the “devastating impact” of the rise in national insurance contributions and the higher minimum wage for the store closure.
Meanwhile, high street fashion chain New Look has begun to close stores as it scales back its UK footprint.
It is understood to be shutting nearly 100 stores – equivalent to around a quarter of its 364 shops.
Stores in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, St Austell, Cornwall and Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf have launched closing down sales.
Reports suggest that the company has been forced to accelerate the pace of store closures due to tax changes in the Autumn Budget.
Meanwhile, Huttons in London will shut its store in the Putney Exchange due to excessive energy costs.
The gift shop became a local icon after it opened in the 1990s.