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      • Years of under-investment and failing to react effectively to intense competition led to the slow demise of BHS over the past two decades. Its most recent owners have also been blamed following an investigation by a joint committee of MPs last month.
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  2. Jan 6, 2024 · A Woolworths shop on Argyll Street in Glasgow in November 2008 - two months before it shut for good. Why you can trust Sky News. Parachuted in to turn around a failing giant of the British high ...

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    • Toys R Us. US toy store giant Toys R Us shut down all of its US and UK stores in April 2018, after filing for bankruptcy protection in September 2017. Its Asian stores are still open, having been sold to Fung Retailing and a number of other lenders in November 2018.
    • Borders. The Borders bookshop chain, which offered a cafe and a comfortable browsing experience for books, music and movies, collapsed in the UK in June 2009.
    • BHS. UK department store chain British Home Stores (BHS) shut its doors for good in June 2016, after efforts to secure a rescue deal over two months fell through.
    • Staples. Stationery store chain Staples disappeared from High Streets in 2016 after the UK arm of its business was sold to restructuring firm Hilco. Image source, Reuters.
  3. Sep 26, 2022 · 26/09/2022 09:15pm BST. Rune Hellestad - Corbis via Getty Images. Hard to believe it’s been two years since Topshop closed its doors on the high street, but we’re still trying to understand...

  4. Jan 23, 2024 · Much-loved high street store Woolworths shut its doors for the final time 15 years ago but it fought many dramatic battles to try and survive and there was even loss of life along the way

  5. Aug 26, 2021 · BBC business correspondent. The UK has lost 83% of its main department stores in the five years since the collapse of the BHS chain. The figure highlights the extent of the upheaval in the High...

  6. Jan 4, 2019 · The message from Woolworths' collapse was clear – no business was too big, too old, or too close to the hearts of the British public to fail.

  7. Apr 25, 2016 · Shortly after Sir Philip Green sold BHS for £1 in March 2015 the retail magnate was at pains to stress he was no longer responsible for what happened to the venerable department store. “If you...

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