Toys R Us closing today - FULL LIST of last stores with 70 per cent sale
TOYS R US is closing today. The last stores will close after a sale company wide. Stores will be left totally empty as the final shops close with a 70 per cent off sale.
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Toys R Us, once a high street hero, will see its final 12 stores close today.
There is a 70 per cent off sale at each of the last remaining shops around the country.
Shoppers can get there hands on these deals in towns such as Derby, Nottingham, Croydon and Warrington, among others.
The company is not longer accepting returns or refunds and the website is taking no more orders.
Twenty-five of the stores closed last month.
Toys R Us closing today news - sale on last date for toy store as final shop shuts down
Sadly 2,000 jobs have been lost across the UK due to the closures.
There were once 105 Toys R Us stores across the nation.
Joint administrator Simon Thomas has said in a statement: “We are grateful for the hard work of everybody at Toys R Us during this extremely difficult and challenging time.
“We are working closely with the 2,000 employees affected by the closures to ensure they receive the support they need for redundancy and other compensatory payments.”
Express.co.uk listed the final 12 stores to close.
Toys R Us closing stores
Belfast CastleCourt
Brent Cross
Chester
Coventry
Croydon
Derby
Dundee
Norwich
Nottingham
Sheffield
Southampton
Swindon
Warrington
Toys R Us in not the only high street company to have taken a huge hit in the recent crisis for UK shops.
New Look is closing 60 UK stores, it was announced in March.
In a statement, the company said: “New Look today announces a proposal to reduce its UK store estate and rental costs amid challenged trading performance and a difficult retail environment.
“The Company is today instigating a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) and seeking approval from creditors on a plan to improve the operational performance of the Company.
“Under the proposal, New Look has identified 60 out of its total 593 stores in the UK for potential closure, alongside a further six sites which are sub-let to third parties. The proposal also includes a reduction in rental costs and revised lease terms across 393 stores.”