{"id":23424,"date":"2026-04-27T17:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/23424\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:14:16","slug":"claires-shuts-all-standalone-stores-across-the-uk-with-over-1000-jobs-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/23424\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire’s shuts ALL standalone stores across the UK with over 1,000 jobs lost"},"content":{"rendered":"

All standalone Claire’s stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland closed on Monday, leaving more than 1,000 people out of work.<\/p>\n

Staff at every store have been told they are being made redundant.<\/p>\n

Administrators said the fashion accessories chain has shut its 154 UK and Ireland locations, resulting in around 1,300 job losses.<\/p>\n

The move does not affect the retailer’s 356 concessions, including many in Asda stores, and its head office.<\/p>\n

It comes after private equity owner Modella Capital hired Kroll to oversee the administration earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Insolvency practitioners at Kroll confirmed the closures, with a spokesperson stating: “As of April 27, all Claire’s standalone stores in UK and Ireland have ceased trading.<\/p>\n

“All store employees have been advised of redundancy.<\/p>\n

“We understand an interested party is in discussion with a number of landlords with a view to taking new leases for some of the sites.”<\/p>\n

Julien Jarjoura, a French businessman who runs Claire’s operations in several European countries, is working to save around 50 British stores, Sky News reported.<\/p>\n

He is currently negotiating with landlords to take on new leases for these locations.<\/p>\n

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The owner is currently negotiating with landlords to take on new leases for these locations<\/p>\n

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However, there is no guarantee a deal will be reached.<\/p>\n

Last month, Mr Jarjoura said: “As an entrepreneur I could not bear the idea of letting go a business that was worth saving.”<\/p>\n

He also said landlords had responded positively when he visited London recently to discuss his plans.<\/p>\n

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Claire’s has ceased trading <\/p>\n

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The potential rescue comes just days after reports emerged that Mr Jarjoura was close to finalising an agreement.<\/p>\n

Claire’s British business entered administration in January, marking the second time in just months that the chain had faced insolvency.<\/p>\n

Following its initial collapse, investor Modella Capital purchased approximately half of the retailer’s roughly 300 stores. Modella also owns TG Jones, the former high street division of WH Smith.<\/p>\n

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The closures add to mounting pressures facing British retail shops<\/p>\n

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Mr Jarjoura expressed optimism about his rescue efforts, noting that property owners had been receptive to his proposals during recent visits to the capital.<\/p>\n

The closures add to mounting pressures facing British retail, with Poundland shutting numerous outlets and Poundstretcher recently announcing restructuring plans involving significant rent reductions.<\/p>\n

TOFS, another retailer previously backed by Modella, has also seen all its stores permanently close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All standalone Claire’s stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland closed on Monday, leaving more than 1,000 people…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[253,16,10249,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-23424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-money","9":"tag-sgg","10":"tag-store-closures","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116477798868045360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}