Poundland closing 44 retailers briefly throughout lockdown

POUNDLAND is closing 44 retailers briefly from this Sunday as a result of third coronavirus lockdown.

The closures come after the retailer reported an 80% drop in clients visiting some shops.

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Poundland is ‘hibernating’ 44 of its shopsCredit score: Getty Pictures – Getty

The remainder of Poundland’s 800 shops within the UK will stay open because the retailer has been classed as an “essential” business.

You possibly can see the complete checklist of retailers briefly closing within the field under.

Poundland hasn’t stated when it expects to reopen these websites.

However within the majority of areas the place the finances retailer is closing shops, it says there’s one other department close by that may stay open.   

Poundland will place colleagues in briefly closed shops on furlough “the place applicable”.

Within the first 2020 lockdown, the retailer shut around 120 shops in March and was in a position to begin reopening them from the tip of Might.  

The phased reopening started in mid-Might when 30 shops began welcoming back customers, adopted by one other 15 branches a few days later.

Poundland has been allowed to remain open all through the coronavirus pandemic because it sells meals, medication and different essential items.

However clients are being reminded to solely go to shops for important merchandise.

Buyers can even must observe strict social distancing guidelines, together with restricted numbers of individuals allowed inside on the identical time.

Retailers who’ve been deemed “non-essential” – together with ones that promote clothes, toys and homeware – have been ordered to close through the third lockdown.

Austin Cooke, Poundland’s retail director stated: “We realized invaluable classes through the lockdown in March about how shopping for patterns change as folks follow authorities recommendation to remain at house. 

“Placing a small variety of shops into hibernation helps defend them for the long run and focus our consideration on the vast majority of shops that stay open to serve their neighbourhoods. 

“We hope this lockdown is brief and we are able to re-open our hibernating shops as rapidly as doable and we stay grateful for the important help schemes out there to us that assist defend jobs.” 

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