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.

[jno]

I don't think Carillion were retailers. Woolworths have been gone for yonks; you could go back to Bourne and Hollingsworth if you want.

There's a list here

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/53030/23-major-brands-that-disappeared-from-uk-high-streets?page=1

[Mamyalynne]

When you say gone, do you mean completely or are you counting buyouts and acquisitions?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(retailer)

[Buenchico]

JJB Sports
Zavvi
Phones 4u
GameStation
Morrisons M Local (after being sold and rebranded as My Local)
Chimichanga

[Flonska]

FHW?

[Mamyalynne]

FHW been gone over 30 years.

[Flonska]

FHW ceased in 1996 - if that is too old?

Office World & Comet are more recent examples

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry - 22 years yes, I must be misunderstanding recent.

[douglas9401]

Focus DIY
Safeway
Dalziel Bakers

[-SharonA-]

Mr Buyrite.

[-SharonA-]

Fine Fare.

[Buenchico]

Another one:
Staples (They're still online but all of their stores have closed).

[douglas9401]

William Low, swallowed by Tesco.
John Menzies

[Flonska]

Littlewoods (I think the last shops were sold to Primark)?

JJB Sports

Do it All

[Gromit]

Depends how far you are going back...
The Old Curiosity Shop.

[pastafreak]

I didn't realise Staples were no more.

[webbo3]

Deep pan pizza.
Great British burger.

[Buenchico]

Some people here seem to be stretching the definition of 'recent years' a bit. However, if everyone else is doing it anyway, I'll add in Timothy Whites. (I'm really showing my age there!).

More recently though:
Adams Childrenswear

. . . and even more recently:
Store Twenty One

[douglas9401]

I'm taking recent years to be living memory.

[Guilbert53]

Dixons have not gone, there are still some at various airports.

The one at Birmingham airport is called Dixons Travel.

[Guilbert53]

>> I didn't realise Staples were no more.

They still exist, but they are a web site, see here

https://www.staples.co.uk/

I think a lot of the Staples stores became Office World stores (the one near me did) selling pretty much the same thing.