Huge fashion chain disappears from high street forever after closing last of 170 stores for good
A HUGE fashion chain has disappeared from the high street forever after it closed the last of its 170 stores.
M&Co has bought the shutters down on all of its shops, The Sun can reveal.
It comes after the chain fell into administration last year.
M&Co’s brand and intellectual property were sold to Yours Clothing – but that did not include all of its 170 stores.
Branches launched huge closing down sales offering as much as 80% off before some locations started to shut up shop for good in March.
One shopper nabbed a £104 dress for just £10 in the fires sale.
Now the remaining 15 shops which were due to close by the end of the month are understood to have shut their doors, following 26 over the weekend.
M&Co said in farewell post on social media that all stores have now closed, marking the end of the brand’s name on high streets across the country.
The post read: “All M&Co stores have now closed.
“The whole team at M&Co would like to say thank you for all your loyalty and support over the years.
“We have loved serving you on local high streets across the UK. We want to wish all of our loyal customers best wishes and good luck for the future.”
The Sun has contacted the administrators for comment.
It comes as fashion chain Peacocks looks set to move into 20 of the empty M&Co stores, according to Drapers.
Below is a full list of all the M&Co stores that have closed their doors:
- Beverly
- Cromer
- Fakenham
- Hunstanton
- Minehead
- Newport
- Penarth
- Rayleigh
- Ripon
- Seaford
- St Andrews
- Surbiton
- Alnwick
- Bexhill
- Blandford Forum
- Brighouse
- Castle Douglas
- Chesham
- Christchurch
- Cleveleys
- East Grinstead
- Elgin
- Exmouth
- Garstang
- Glenrothes
- Haddington
- Helensburgh
- Henley on Thames
- Hitchin
- Inverurie
- Kirkintilloch
- Largs
- Melton Mowbray
- Milngavie
- Northallerton
- Oswestry
- Portishead
- Rickmansworth
- Saffron Walden
- St Neots
- Stroud
- Warminster
- Wokingham
- Alexandria
- Alton
- Attleborough
- Billericay
- Dunoon
- Guisborough
- Montrose
- Ashbourne
- Ayr
- Banff
- Beccles
- Bathgate
- Bellshill
- Belper
- Berwick
- Billingham
- Blairgowrie
- Bognor
- Bridlington
- Bromsgrove
- Buckie
- Calne
- Camborne
- Canvey Island
- Chester Le Street
- Congleton
- Cosham
- Crewkerne
- Crowborough
- Dartmouth
- Deal
- Didcot
- Dingwall
- Diss
- Dorchester
- East Retford
- Egham
- Faversham
- Forfar
- Formby
- Fort William
- Frinton
- Gosport
- Haverhill
- Hawick
- Hexcham
- Hove
- Ilkley
- Inverness
- Irvine
- Isle of Man
- Johnstone
- Lanark
- Launceston
- Lerwick
- Lewes
- Liskeard
- Llandudno
- Louth
- Market Harborough
- Marlow
- Marple
- Matlock
- Midsome Norton
- Monmouth
- Musselburgh
- Nailsea
- Nairn
- Nantwich
- Newquay
- Newton Mearns
- Oban
- Orkney
- Otley
- Paisley
- Pershore
- Perth
- Peterhead
- Ringwood
- Romsey
- Ryde
- Saltcoats
- Sandbach
- Sidmouth
- Sittingbourne
- Sleaford
- St Ives
- Stamford
- Stornoway
- Stourport on Severn
- Stowmarket
- Sudbury
- Tavistock
- Teighmouth
- Thornbury
- Thurso
- Upminster
- Uttoxeter
- Wells
- Welshpool
- West Kirby
- Whitby
- Whitehaven
- Whistable
- Wick
- Wickford
- Wishaw
- Buckingham
- Wutham
- Woodbridge
- Airdrie
- Bridgnorth
- Bridport
- Broughty Ferry
- Burgess Hill
- Clitheroe
- Driffield
- Farnborough
- Fleet
- Heswall
- Inchinnan OSC
- Malton
- March
- Petersfield
- Shaftesbury
- Stonehaven
- Tenby
- Tewkesbury
- Troon
- Wetherby
Soaring inflation has left shoppers strapped for cash, and retailers are struggling to get customers to part with their hard-earned money.
More companies in England and Wales went bankrupt in March than at any point over the last three years, according to the Insolvency Service.
Some retailers are shutting a handful of branches, while others are set to disappear completely from the high street – like M&Co.
Popular stationary shop Paperchase fell into administration in February after it failed to find a buyer.
Supermarket giant Tesco stepped up to buy the rights to the brand, but not its shops.
The company closed forever on April 3.
Home retailer Argos announced it will close all of its stores in the Republic of Ireland this year.
The chain employs around 580 people in 34 stores across the country.
The high street chain will withdraw from Ireland completely on June 24.
The four remaining standalone Cath Kidston stores are set to close within weeks, once stock is sold off.
It comes after Next agreed to buy Cath Kidston out of administration.
The Sun has put together a full list of high street chains closing for good this year.
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