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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Simon Goodley

HISTORICAL FACTS: Uk lost 37 shops a day in 2024 data suggests - The Untold Story

A girl walks past a closing down sale sign in a shop window.
More than half of all stores closed – 7,537 – were shut after retailers underwent some form of insolvency proceedings. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock

The UK lost about 37 shops a day during 2024 in yet another brutal year for the high street, data suggests.

Almost 13,500 retail stores closed for good in the last 12 months, a rise of 28% on 2023 – although the losses were below the levels seen each year between 2019 and 2022, according to provisional figures compiled by the Centre for Retail Research.

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