08 February 2023 , 08:21
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Fashion retailer New Look is shutting up a handful of its stores across the UK.
But the high street giant said the closures are part of its "normal course of business" as new sites will be opening also.
Three of the site closures were down to the landlord wanting to take the retail space back.
Of the sites to be closing, four shut up shop in January and three are closing in February.
The locations of the sites affected include Birmingham, Coventry, Trowbridge, Kirkcaldy, Walthamstow and Northampton.
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A New Look spokesperson told Birmingham Live: “Regrettably, our New Look store in Coventry's Arena Shopping Park is closing following the landlord's request to take the property back and exit the lease early.
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"We are now focusing on supporting our affected store colleagues and finding suitable alternative roles for them within the business wherever possible.
"We have loved being part of the local community and we would like to thank all of our customers in the local area.”
On the Trowbridge and Kirkcaldy closure, a New Look spokesperson repeated the statement.
New Look spokesperson told Mirror Money: “As part of the normal course of business, New Look occasionally closes sites, but also opens new stores when the right opportunities arise.
"While a small number of stores have closed in recent months, our most recent new openings were in November 2022 and we have plans for further openings in the first half of this year.”
New Look told Mirror Money that it opened two new stores towards the end of last year and are planning to open a further four this year.
Full list of the locations and dates they'll be shutting their doors:
- Birmingham, Fort Shopping Park - January 9
- Trowbridge - January 23
- Coventry - January 29
- Birmingham, Bullring - January 30
- Walthamstow, London - February 4
- Grosvenor Centre, Northampton - February 15
Kirkcaldy- early February
Last month, the high-street retailer announced it was expanding its partnership with second-hand clothing website Re-Fashion by launching six new in-store concessions across the UK.
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From the end of January, New Look opened Re-Fashion concessions within its Coventry, Nottingham, Peterborough, Leicester, Loughborough and Wolverhampton stores.
The concessions offer consumers vintage and pre-loved clothing items ranging from designer to sportswear labels and vintage pieces.
The retailer said the partnership would be a "tangible way" to create awareness for more sustainable ways of buying clothes.
As of March 2022, New Look said it had 440 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
On its website, the retailer says it has over 10,000 team members.