Revealed: Full list of 33 River Island stores facing closure
River Island is set to push ahead with plans to shut 33 shops after receiving court approval for a major restructuring.
A high court judge approved the high street fashion chain’s restructuring plan on Friday, amid fears that the company could collapse into administration without the overhaul.
Lawyers for River Island told the court that the company "simply has not been able to reverse" a trend of financial difficulty.
As a result, the business has laid out a rescue plan that will see the brand close 33 of its 223 stores across the UK and Ireland.
It will also pay reduced rents on another 71 locations. Landlords are being asked to cut rents for three years, with the possibility of suspending payments entirely on some sites in a bid to stem losses.
The company employs around 5,500 people and was founded in 1948 under the Lewis and Chelsea Girl brand, before being renamed in the 1980s. It is reported that around 1,000 jobs are at risk.
Here is the list of locations where the group will now shut shops:
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- Bangor Bloomfield, Northern Ireland
- Barnstaple, Devon
- Beckton, Greater London
- Brighton, East Sussex
- Burton-Upon-Trent, Derbyshire
- Cumbernauld, Scotland
- Didcot, Oxfordshire
- Edinburgh Princes Street, Scotland
- Falkirk, Scotland
- Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Great Yarmouth
- Grimsby, Lincolnshire
- Hanley, Staffordshire
- Hartlepool, County Durham
- Hereford, Herefordshire
- Kilmarnock, Scotland
- Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- Leeds Birstall Park, West Yorkshire
- Lisburn, Northern Ireland
- Northwich, Cheshire
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Perth, Scotland
- Poole, Dorset
- Rochdale, Greater Manchester
- St Helens, Merseyside
- Stockton On Tees, County Durham
- Surrey Quays, Greater London
- Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
- Taunton, Somerset
- Workington, Cumbria
- Wrexham, Wales
