High street fashion chain to close all remaining stores for good within days – is yours shutting?

A HIGH street chain is set to close all of its remaining stores for good this week.

Iconic fashion and homeware brand Cath Kidston will be officially pulling down the shutters on its last shops by June 30.

The chain was bought out by Next last month after falling into administration – but the sale didn’t include the physical shops.

Next bought the brand name, domain names and intellectual property for £8.5 million.

The four remaining standalone stores continued to trade alongside the website after the sale – but are now set to close by Friday.

Famous for its pretty floral designs and quirky vintage-style homeware, Cath Kidston has been a part of the British high street since 1993.

In the run-up to the store and website closures, shoppers have been taking advantage of huge 70% off sales.

Discounts when shops are shutting usually ramp up the closer they get to closing their doors, so it might be worth heading down before Friday.

Here is the full list of shops set to close by June 30:

• Piccadilly, London
• Ashford, Kent
• Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port
• York Outlet, York

There are also two concession stores in Colne and Sheffield that have already closed.

It comes after the Cath Kidston website was replaced this week.

Customers navigating to cathkidston.com are now redirected to the Next website where shoppers can pick up its products which range from clothing to homeware.

It means that the Cath Kidston items for sale online are back to full price through Next.

Cath Kidston was founded in the early nineties and first collapsed into administration in April 2020 with 60 UK stores closing and 908 jobs lost.

But it has still been trading online and the four standalone stores have continued to operate.

The brand was set up by designer Cath Kidston and had more than 200 outlets around the world at its peak.

Next has been known to save failing companies from administration.

In November last year, it bought furniture store Made.com, which sold its intellectual property, brand and website to the retailer.

Next started selling Gap clothing online in late 2021 too, after it took over the running of the high street brand.

Meanwhile, earlier this year, it took a stake in baby and maternity clothing retailer JoJo Maman Bebe.

It comes after big fashion chain M&Co relaunched last week after its stores disappeared from the high street.

The retailer will be returning to high streets again from this autumn and 50 new shops are expected to open over the next two years, The Sun exclusively revealed.

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