Boots to Close 300 Stores Across the Country

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Retail giant Boots has announced plans to close 300 of its stores around the country, reducing the total number of stores from 2,200 to 1,900. Some stores will close within a few weeks, with the rest to follow in the new year. The company has decided to merge stores that are in close proximity to each other.

Boots says it is merging shops that are close together on the high street Retail giant Boots has announced plans to close 300 of its stores around the country. Some will close within a few weeks, with more following in the new year. The move will see the total number of Boots stores reduce from 2,200 to 1,900. Eight stores will close before Christmas, with the rest to follow after the festive period.

Boots has shared some of the stores that will close – and the dates they will shut Traditional retail jobs have seen a 28 per cent drop in the last 10 years, according to GMB Union. GMB national officer Andy Prendergast said: ‘High street retail is at the heart of our communities, but customers and workers are denied a fair deal. ‘These shocking figures are a wake-up call that Wilko was not the first, and it will not be the last.

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