Claire’s shops across the UK are starting to shut down after striking a rescue deal which saved it from administration.
The jewellery and accessories business filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators in August – with Interpath expected to take on the role in the coming days.
Earlier this week, administrators agreed to sell 156 of its 306 stores in the UK and Ireland.
They’ve been sold off to investment group Modella Capital, a move which secured about 1,000 jobs.
However that does mean 145 Claire’s branches will close permanently, with closing down sales starting this weekend, The Sun reports.
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Will Wright, Interpath’s UK chief executive and joint administrator, said: ‘Our intention is to continue to trade the remaining portfolio of stores for as long as we can, while we explore the options available.’
Full list of 145 Claire’s Accessories stores across the UK and Ireland set to close
- The Arndale Centre, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 2LJ
- Grand Arcade, Shopping Centre, Cambridge CB2 3BJ
- SU33B, The Sovereign Shopping Centre, Weston Super Mare, Somerset BS23 1HL
- The Cascades Centre, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 4RJ
- 83 Strand Street, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 2EN United Kingdom
- Baxtergate, Freshney Place, Grimsby, North Lincolnshire DN31 1QQ
- Green Lanes Shopping Centre, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1UH
- Eastgate Centre, Basildon, Essex SS14 1AF
- Howgate Centre, Falkirk, Falkirk FK1 1HG
- Victoria Place Shopping Centre, Victoria Station, London, Greater London SW1W 9SJ
- Thistle Marches 2, Stirling, Stirling FK8 2EA
- 101 Sylvania Way, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire G81 2TL
- 324 Oxford Street, London, W1C 1JA
- Ards Shopping Centre, Newtownards, County Down BT23 4EU
- Union Arcade, Millgate Shopping Centre, Greater Manchester, Bury, Greater Manchester BL9 0QF
- The Howard Centre, Howards Gate, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6HA
- Bow Street Mall, Lisburn, County Antrim BT28 1AW
- Ankerside Shopping Centre, Tamworth, Staffordshire B79 7LG
- The Mall, Cwmbran, Torfaen NP44 1PX
- Centre West, EK Shopping Centre, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire G74 1LL
- 36 Old George Mall, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2AG
- Eden Centre, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2HW
- 10 West Street, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1PB
- Kiosk A2, West Orchards Shopping Centre, Coventry, Warwickshire CV1 1QX
- 53 The Harpur Centre, Bedford, Bedfordshire England MK40 1TJ
- The Parade, Canterbury CT1 2SG
- 108 Oxford Street, London, Greater London W1D 1LR
- Bloomfield Shopping Centre, Bloomfield, County Down BT19 7HB
- 7 Thackery Mall, Fareham, Hampshire PO16 0PQ
- Banbury Gateway Shopping Park, Daventry Road, Banbury
- The Shires, Trowbridge, Avon BA14 8AT
- 9 Clock Tower Shopping Centre, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2JR
- 6 Union Street, Torquay, Devon TQ2 5PL
- 6 Banks Street, Newquay, Cornwal TR7 1JF
- County Square Shopping Centre, Ashford, Kent TN23 1YA
- The Victoria Centre, Mostyn Street, Llandudno, Gwynedd LL30 2NG
- Upper Mall Level, Churchill Square Shopping Centre, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2TD
- (The Front), Lorebourne Centre, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway DG1 2BD
- Grey Friars, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA31 3BN
- Mill Street Mall, Grosvenor Shopping Centre, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6LY
- Phase 1 Mercat Centre, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 1NU
- 5 St Modwens Walk, Cooper Square Shopping Centre, Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 1HL
- The Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 8EF
- 10 Kingfisher Walk, Redditch, Worcestershire B97 4EY
- George Yard, Braintree, Essex CM7 1RB
- Gloucester Quays Outlet Centre, Gloucester GL1 5SH
- Unicorn Way, The Kingdom Shopping Centre, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 5NU
- 83A North Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1LQ
- Emeside Shopping Centre, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh BT74 6JQ
- Market Gates Shopping Centre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2AX
- 11 Jackson Square, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 3XG
- South Street Mall, St Johns Centre, King Edward Street, Perth, Perth and Kinross PH1 5UX
- Units L3/21, L3/14, Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire G1 2FF
- The Pavillion Shopping Centre, Walthamcross, Hertfordshire EN8 7BY
- 14 The Orchards Shopping Centre, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3TH
- Sterling Mills Designer Outlet Village, Sterling Mills, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire FK13 6HQ
- 9 King Street St Hellier, Jersey, Channel Islands JE2 4WE
- 150b Stoneybutts, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 7JD
- 5-7 Chapel Street, Southport, Lancashire PR8 1AE
- The Quays Albert Basin, Newry, County Down BT35 8QS
- Elephant Yard, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4QQ
- 5 Gomond Street, Maylord Shopping Centre, Hereford, Herefordshire HR1 2DP
- The Mall, Newlands Shopping Centre, Kettering, Leicestershire NN16 8DP
- Resorts World Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PU
- 13 Woolshops, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 1RU
- 23 Treaty Centre High Street, Hounslow, Greater London TW3 1ES
- Almondvale Centre, Almondvale South, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6RQ
- 48 Broadgate House, Coventry, Warwickshire CV1 1NH
- The Bentall Centre, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 1TR
- 37 Parliament Street, York, North Yorkshire YO1 8RU
- George Street, Hove, East Sussex BN3 3YE
- The Chantry Centre, Andover, Hampshire SP10 1RN
- 214 High Street, Ayr, Ayrshire KA7 1RQ
- Middlebrook Leisure Park, Horwich, Bolton
- 14 Market Way, Exchange Shopping Centre, Rochdale, Lancashire OL16 1EA
- 19 London Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 1PQ
- 130 High St, Winchester SO23 9AX
- 46 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
- The Plaza Brunel Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 1LD
- Talbot Green Retail Park, Talbot Green, Llantrisant
- Park Mall Saddlers Centre, Park Street, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 1YS
- 5/7 West Mall Frenchgate Centre, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN1 1ST
- 74 High Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire DN15 6SD
- The Peacocks Centre, Woking, Surrey GU21 6GH
- Vicar Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 1PY
- Gabriel’s Hill 2-6 King Street, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1DE
- Grace Reynolds Walk, Camberley, Berkshire GU15 3SN
- The Swan Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 5SG
- Affinity Devon, Clovelly Road, North Devon, Bideford, Devon England EX39 3QU
- 33 The Quadrant, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey TW9 1DN
- Cathedral Walk St David’s Centre, Cardiff, Glamorgan CF10 2DS
- The Castle Quay Shopping Centre, Castle Quay, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 5UN
- 18 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2PD
- Riverside Quay, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 2LJ
- 8 Risman Place, Washington Square, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3DB
- Kiosk 2 Broadwalk Centre Edgware, Edgware, Greater London HA8 7BD
- St Nicholas Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB10 1HW
- Borough Parade, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3WL
- 62a Market Street, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 2HD
- Fishergate Walk, St George’s Centre, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2NR
- Wellington Square, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland TS18 1RH
- The Lowry Galleria, Tier 8, The Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester M50 3AG
- The Lanes Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8NH
- 53 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1NY
- 232 The Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 1BJ
- 56 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 1LL
- Prospect Centre, Hull, Humberside HU2 8PS
- Diamond Centre, Coleraine, Londonderry BT52 1DE
- Castle Walk, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1AN
- 80 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1EE
- The Mead Redevelopment, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7SB
- The Bull Ring, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 4BA
- Lakeside Village, White Rose Way, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 5JH
- Chequers Court, Huntingdon, Cambridge PE29 3LJ
- 9 Fremlin Walk, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1QG
- 137 High Street, Elgin, Inverness IV30 1DS
- 4 – 6 Smith Street, St. Peters Port, Guernsey, Guernsey GY1 2NG
- 20 New Conduit Street, Kings Lynn, Kings Lynn PE30 1DL
- Livingston Designer Outlet, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6QX
- Orchard Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 7LG
- Britannia Centre, Hinckley, Hinckley LE10 1RU
- The Baytree Centre, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4BX
- Cabot Circus, Bristol, Avon BS1 3BD
- Market Place, Bolton, Greater Manchester BL1 2AL
- 3A Winchester Circle, The Kingston Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK10 0BA
- Manchester Fort Shopping Centre, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M8 8EP
- The Outlet Centre Fair Hill Kilburn High Road, Killarney, County Kerry
- 52 St. Patrick Street, Cork, County Cork
- 4 Cruises Street, Limerick, County Limerick
- Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Rathfarmham, Dublin 14
- Harbour Place, Mullingar, West Meath N91 VY16
- Central Mall Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin
- 98 Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow
- Omni Park Centre Santry, Dublin
- Scotch Hall, Drogheda, Louth
- Bridgewater Shopping Centre, Arklow, County Wicklow
- 3 Johnston Court, Sligo
- McDonagh Junction, KilKenny
- 4 North main Street, Wexford
- Manor West Retail Park, Tralee, County Kerry
- Asda West Swindon Shopping Centre, Swindon SN5 7DL
- Asda, Tollgate Rd, Beckton E6 5JP
- Asda Pudsey Supercentre, Owlcotes shopping centre, Stanningley, Pudsey LS28 6AR
- Asda, Chalfont Way, Earley, Reading RG6 5TT
- Floor G, Asda Watford Supercentre, St Albans Rd, Watford WD24 7RT
Why are so many shops closing in 2025?
Claire’s has more than 280 stores across the UK, but the business incurred losses of around £25million over the last few years prompting it to file for administration.
Sean Moran, restructuring and insolvency partner at law firm, Shakespeare Martineau, said the rise of new online stories, the popularity of social media platforms, and US President Donald Trump’s recent tariff hikes could all be factors in the retailer’s demise.
He told Metro: ‘The fashion and accessories space has been flooded with new competition in recent years.
‘From new online stores pushing the boundaries of fast fashion prices, like Shein and Temu, which benefit from low value import loopholes, to entirely new retail platforms surging in popularity, like Instagram and TikTok, the retailers largely ‘bricks and mortar’ presence has struggled to compete.
‘Ongoing geopolitical considerations, including Trump’s much publicised tariff onslaught, combined with a general downturn in consumer and high street spending, created a perfect storm for the well-loved brand.’
Claire’s is the latest wave of British high street retailers closing with dozens of shops to close in August.
Arts and crafts store Hobbycraft recently announced it would be closing nine more stores this year as the company continues to go through a restructuring process.
Supermarket chain Morrisons revealed it axed more than 3,600 jobs after closing 17 of its stores last year.
Meanwhile, River Island was close to meeting the same fate as Claire’s but was saved from collapsing into administration.
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