ANOTHER Boots store is set to close next month as the health and beauty retailer intends to shut 300 stores this year.
The latest store to be affected is the Boots shop in Kirkby Ashfield.
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A sign on the store in Low Moor Road in the town centre has been spotted, which confirms the store will close on November 18, according to local media reports.
The sign says: “WE ARE CLOSING – This store will close on 18.11.2023.
“Your nearest store for collection prescriptions will be: 35 The Idewells, Sutton in Ashfield Nottingham.
“Other stores nearby: St Peters Retail Park, Station Street Mansfield, 39 Four Seasons Centre Mansfield.”
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The Sun has contacted Boots for comment.
The pharmaceutical giant intends to close 300 stores this year as part of wider plans to evolve its brand.
The closures will reduce the retailer’s numbers from 2,200 to 1,900.
Where are the closures happening?
Here is the full list of stores closing by the end of the year:
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- Glastonbury – October 13
- Uppingham Road, Leicester – October 13
- Guildford Road, Woking – end of October
- Kings Square, York – October 28
- Warminster – October 28
- Gorleston, Great Yarmouth – November
- High Row, Darlington – November 3
- Mudge Way, Plymouth – November 18
- Mount Pleasant, Exeter – November 18
- Front Street, Prudhoe – no date
The stores that have already closed in 2023 are as follows:
- Salford Shopping Centre, Greater Manchester – February 2023
- Church Street, Malvern – March 11
- The Port Arcades Shopping Centre, Ellesmere – March 11
- King William Street, London – June 2
- Heathside Road, Woking – end of July
- UEA campus – end of July
- Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff – August 1
- Holywell, Flintshire (Wales) – August 26
- Windhill Road, Wakefield – October 6
- Upper Warrengate, Wakefield – October 7
The health and beauty chain has promised no staff members will be made redundant.
Instead, affected Boots staff members will be offered opportunities in other stores in the local area.
Boots closed more than 200 stores over an eighteen-month period starting in 2019.
This meant around eight per cent of its high street stores closed.
Pharmacies across the UK have struggled for years due to cuts in government funding and the soaring cost of medicine.
A number of other retailers are struggling to keep stores open across the UK too.
The high street has suffered in recent years as consumers increasingly turn to online retail and away from physical branches.
Businesses have also been contending with increased energy and wage costs.
It has led to a number of high street retailers closing stores as they try to cut back on costs.
Some have gone bust completely too, including Paperchase, Cath Kidston and M&Co.
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