The retailer announced plans to close 33 branches across the UK
18:32, 08 Aug 2025Updated 18:34, 08 Aug 2025
Branches across the UK will be affected(Image: Daily Record)
A store in Greater Manchester is one of those marked for closure by River Island, the retailer has confirmed.
River Island confirmed that it will be closing 33 branches across the UK after it got court approval for restructuring in the company.
Among the 33 branches marked for closure is the branch in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
It had previously been feared that without major overhaul the company would be forced into administration.
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On Friday a high court judge approved major restructuring plans for the high street fashion chain, which can now press ahead with the changes.
As part of the plan 33 branches of the store are set to be shut.
Meanwhile, the company confirmed it has managed to secure reduced rents on 71 other stores as part of its plan in a bid to reduce financial pressure.
Lawyers representing River Island said in court that the company “simply has not been able to reverse” a trend of financial challenges.
Stores across the UK including London, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales will be impacted by the closures.
This is the full list of stores which have been marked for closure:
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- Bangor Bloomfield, Northern Ireland
- Barnstaple, Devon
- Beckton, Greater London
- Brighton, East Sussex
- Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- 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