{"id":27138,"date":"2026-05-02T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/27138\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:09:10","slug":"major-uk-shoe-retailer-closes-all-high-street-shops-in-business-since-1966-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/27138\/","title":{"rendered":"Major UK shoe retailer closes all high street shops – in business since 1966 | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A major UK shoe retailer<\/a> has closed its last stores in the country after more than 60 years on the high streets. Mostyn McKenzie has confirmed the closure of its last store in Perth, Scotland.<\/p>\n

At the end of today, the store will shut permanently – leaving just hours for shoppers to grab a bargain. The store confirmed to The Sun that today will be its final day of in-store business. It was founded in 1966 and originally operated branches across the UK, including Edinburgh, Broughty Ferry, and Tenterden in Kent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shoe shop offers \u201ca comprehensive selection of brands such as Gabor, Rieker, Josef Seibel and many more and specialise in offering comfort, quality and style\u201d.<\/p>\n

All other Mostyn McKenzie stores have already closed. In 2023, the business<\/a> even shut its flagship Aberdeen store.<\/p>\n

The decision to close was taken due to rising costs, said managing director Graeme McKenzie. Speaking to The Courier, he said: “High street retail<\/a> has become increasingly difficult.”<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cCosts have increased, shopping habits have changed, we\u2019re finding footfall in Perth has dropped considerably, and our costs have just increased.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said that the store had never really recovered from Covid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mostyn McKenzie launched a clearance sale on all online stock, with up to 70% off items.<\/p>\n

On its website, it says: “We are proud of the high standards of service we provide to our customers. Over the years we have built up a loyal customer base from all over Scotland and beyond.<\/p>\n

“Striving to provide quality, value for money<\/a>, comfort and style for our customers is our top priority. We hope you enjoy your experience with us.”<\/p>\n

On its Facebook page, the most recent post is from January 16, when the brand announced the closure of its Broughty Ferry store.<\/p>\n

It reads: “Sadly after 25 years in Broughty Ferry Mostyn McKenzie is closing down, our last day being 31st January. Up until then we are having a massive sale with up to 50 % off all stock Literally everything must go!!! Come and browse for the last chance to grab yourself a bargain. We would like to take this opportunity to personally thank the wonderful people of Broughty Ferry who have supported the business<\/a> over the years.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major UK shoe retailer has closed its last stores in the country after more than 60 years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4154,6541,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-27138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-high-street","9":"tag-news-section","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116504911054832803","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27138","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=27138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}