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Wilko is set to close 167 locations by next week with the chain preparing to shutter every storefront in the country.
An attempted rescue of the store from Doug Putman, owner of HMV, was on the table but fell through and as of today, September 12, Wilko stores will begin to permanently close.
A total of 24 stores are set to close today, with batch closures to follow over the next two weeks.
Nearly 400 stores in total will be closed by the retail chain, with the first wave of closures to be carried out in September seeing 176 of the outlets closed for good.
Administrators are now expected to detail the ins and outs of specific closure protocol and redundancies, leaving 12,500 without jobs.
The first batch of closures, which sees the likes of Liverpool and Stafford bid farewell to the retail titan, is set to be carried out today.
The full list of Wilko stores closing on September 12, 2023:
- Acton
- Aldershot
- Barking
- Bishop Auckland
- Bletchley FF
- Brownhills
- Camberley
- Cardiff Bay Retail Park
- Falmouth
- Harpurhey
- Irvine
- Liverpool Edge Lane
- Llandudno
- Lowestoft
- Morley
- Nelson
- Port Talbot
- Putney
- Stafford
- Tunbridge Wells
- Wakefield
- Weston-super-Mare
- Westwood Cross
- Winsford
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A map has since been made to show where your local Wilko is, and when it will close.
Alarm bells were sounded in August of this year when Wilko announced the company would be going into administration and all jobs were at risk.
It has since been confirmed the 400 stores across the UK will shutter over the coming months, with a massive batch set to close in the next few days.
The full list of Wilko stores closing on September 14, 2023:
- Ashford
- Avonmeads
- Banbury
- Barrow in Furness
- Basildon
- Belle Vale
- Burnley (Relocation)
- Clydebank
- Cortonwood
- Dagenham
- Dewsbury
- Eccles
- Folkestone
- Great Yarmouth
- Hammersmith
- Huddersfield
- Morriston
- New Malden
- North Shields
- Queen Street Cardiff
- Rhyl
- Southampton-West Quay
- St Austell
- Stockport
- Truro
- Uttoxeter
- Walsall
- Woking
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