Wouldn't be zeez, without a stonking great picture.

https://news.sky.com/story/more-than...-deal-12955347

I can’t quite make out what it says :laugh:

These Wilko shops close on Tuesday September 12:

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

These Wilko shops close on Thursday September 14:

Ashford
Avonmeads
Banbury
Barrow in Furness
Basildon
Belle Vale
Burnley
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

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09...3993191810.jpg

Many Stores got no more new stock
to sell.

So it's no wonder next week
they Close the stores

All Stores to Close
no buyers
apart from that company that bought 51 stores

SkyNewsHD Business Editor

the companies don't want to take on any of the debt

Yes makes sense.

Poundland has bought 71 stores

They will take some Wilco Staff.

The first Two restarted Wilko shops
in Plymouth and Exeter.

[Wilko will return to the High Street, with the brand's
new owner opening up to five shops before Christmas.]

[The owner of the Range, which also bought
Wilko's website after its collapse,
will launch the first two Wilko shops
in Plymouth and Exeter.
Its boss said that "it's clear that there's
a huge love for Wilko".

Wilko collapsed in early August,
leading to thousands of job losses and the
closure of its 408 stores, many of them in
traditional town centres.

CDS Superstores, which owns
The Range, said former Wilko staff would be given
priority in the recruitment process for the new shops.

When CDS bought the brand, it planned to
stock some Wilko products in its existing stores,
but it was not expected to open new
shops under the Wilko name.
Its chief executive Alex Simpkin said:
"The public reaction to the loss of Wilko stores
was undeniable.
"That's why we've taken the decision to
reintroduce Wilko back to many of the High Streets
and communities that it used to so proudly serve."

While these High Street locations are convenient
for shoppers without cars, since the pandemic
there's been a shift to bigger retail parks and
out-of-town options with more space.

This, as well as Wilko's struggle to keep up
with competition from other discount retailers,
including The Range, B&M and Poundland
was partly blamed for its collapse.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67229923

It'll clearly just end up being products from The Range but with a Wilko sticker on it :joker:

A shop in my town centre that was wilko is now pound land

Yes they bought some
that is good news
as it is not wasted.



Poundland has changed
many items now over a pound

So you are better off at a big Asda UK store