How Many Retailers Have Bit The Dust In Recent Years? Can You Help Complete My List?

[dance2trance]

Out of curiosity, a fair few have gone, but have I missed any? I recall:

Woolworth, BHS, Comet, Maplins, Dixons, Virgin Records, MFI, BlockBuster, Toys r Us, DOITALL, Books etc, Northern Rock, Carillion, Habitat, The Cornish Pasty Shop, Poundworld. Plus numerous small biz like book shops and electric parts, That is about it. Anybody remember any others? Thanks.

[Guilbert53]

Habitat still exist, I think they were bought by Sainsburys and there still some Habitat units inside Sainsbury stores.

https://www.habitat.co.uk/

[Guilbert53]

Do we count banks / building societies?

Abbey National
Alliance and Leicester
Bradford and Bingley

probably others

[twix123]

Hepworth the Tailors
Horne Brothers - Gentleman's Outfitters
Army & Navy Stores
Radio Rentals (does anyone rent a TV anymore?)
MacFisheries
Bejam

[Cloverjo]

Etam/Tammy Girl

[Denton]

Plenty Woolworth stores in Australia,and Blockbusters.

[Denton]

Grainger Games
Jackson the Tailor

[Buenchico]

>>> Plenty Woolworth stores in Australia,and Blockbusters

That indirectly reminds me of a name that has long since disappeared from UK High Streets but which I've seen in Ostend, Paris, Bratislava and in countless other European towns and cities: C & A.

[ummmm]

Chris - we have a staples store.

[Denton]

C&A

[237SJ]

Our Price
Tower Records
Julian Graves

[Jackdaw33]

All the bespoke tailors seem to have disappeared from the High Street. Apart from Hepworth's and Jackson's I remember Burton's, John Collier, March, Weaver to Wearer. I presume that nobody apart from the great and the good buys a bespoke suit anymore.

[Buenchico]

>>> Chris - we have a staples store

That'll come as a surprise to the people at Staples then. They're certain that you haven't!
https://www.staples.co.uk/content/static/store_closure/index.cshtml

What you've probably got is a store operated by SUK Retail Limited (who bought up the leases on most of the stores vacated by Staples), who trade as Office Outlet:
https://www.officeoutlet.com/about-us/

[Old_Geezer]

Complete the list ? Not sure I can count that high. Companies come & companies go all the time.

[dance2trance]

Thanks everybody! A horrifying trip down memory lane here but C&A yes what a shocker! Habitat is of course in Homebase but that was in danger a few weeks back (sold for £1) and I know what about London men fashion chain TAKE 6? One two three vanished. I will stop or I will get lost in it all.

[Jackdaw33]

C & A was my choice for cheap but quality clothing. I still regularly wear 2 polo shirts I bought from them 22 years ago. They still thrive on the continent.

[Denton]

Do you remember “Peter Pell” Tailors on Wallsend High Street Jack?

[Denton]

Thank you for Best Answer,dance to trance.

[albaqwerty]

I'm sure there was a chain of dry-cleaners who went defunct over 30 years ago.

[Denton]

Ratners Jewellers.

[Jackdaw33]

I confess I cannot recall Peter Pell, even though I was brought up in Wallsend since 1949. There was a dry-cleaners called Martin's, who offered a 59 minute service.