Around 1,300 jobs are at risk
A major retailer is set to disappear for good from the UK high street tomorrow as they close all 154 shops.
It’s no secret that the British high street has been struggling in recent times with a number of large retailers and businesses falling into administration.
Poundland, River Island, and a number of travel agents have flirted with administration, been forced to restructure, or disappeared completely from the high street since last year.
Now, the latest chain to disappear is Claire’s, a company known to have been in trouble for some time.
The company went into administration for the second time in January 2026, appointing administrators Kroll to manage the transition.
All of Claire’s standalone stores will be shut down while 350 concessions and its European stores will remain open.
Claire’s was founded in 1961 as Fashion Tress Industries by Rowland Schaefer, initially focusing on fashion wigs before acquiring a jewellery chain and shifting to accessories in 1973.
The accessory shop struggled with changing consumer habits and the cheaper prices of online brands such as Shein and Temu.
The store remains a nostalgic part of many people’s childhoods, known for their colourful branding and turnstiles of jewellery.
Administrators Kroll said: “As of 27 April, all Claire’s standalone stores in UK and Ireland have ceased trading. All store employees have been advised of redundancy.
The move has left 1,300 people redundant.
Previous owners Modella said that the company had entered administration partly due to an “alarmingly” quiet Christmas period.
All the locations where stores will be closing or are already closed
Here is the full list of locations of Claire’s stores as per their website, before they all close tomorrow:
- Aberdeen — Trinity Centre
- Athlone — Golden Island Shopping Centre
- Aylesbury — Friars Square Shopping Centre
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D
- Dalton Park — Dalton Park Outlet
- Darlington — Cornmill Shopping Centre
- Derby — Crown Walk
- Dublin (Liffey Valley) — Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
- Dublin (Swords/Pavilions) — Pavilions Shopping Centre
- Dundalk — Marshes Shopping Centre
- Dundee — Overgate Shopping Centre
- Dundrum — Dundrum Town Centre
E
- Eastbourne — Arndale Centre
- Edinburgh — Gyle Centre
- Edinburgh — Princes Street
- Edinburgh — Fort Kinnaird
- Enfield — Palace Gardens / Church Street area
- Ennis — Dunnes Shopping Centre
- Exeter — High Street
F
- Fleetwood — Freeport Outlet Village
G
- Galway — Eyre Square Shopping Centre
- Gateshead — Metrocentre
- Glasgow — Glasgow Fort
- Glasgow — Silverburn
- Gloucester — Kings Walk
H
- Hanley — Potteries Centre
- Harlow — Harvey Centre
- Harrogate — Victoria Shopping Centre
- Huddersfield — Kingsgate Centre
- Hull — Princes Quay Shopping Centre
I
- Ilford — The Exchange Shopping Centre
- Inverness — Eastgate Centre
- Ipswich — Buttermarket Centre
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M
- Mahon — Mahon Point Shopping Centre
- Manchester — Arndale
- Manchester — Trafford Centre
- Mansfield — East Midlands Designer Outlet
- Milton Keynes — Centre:MK
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- Newbridge — Whitewater Shopping Centre
- Newcastle — Eldon Square
- Newtownabbey — Abbey Centre
- Northampton — Grosvenor Centre
- Norwich — Castle Quarter
- Norwich — St Stephens
- Nottingham — Victoria Centre
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- Oldham — Spindles Town Square
- Oxford — Westgate Shopping Centre
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- Peterborough — Queensgate
- Peterborough — Serpentine Green
- Plymouth — Drake Circus
- Poole — Dolphin Centre
R
- Reading — The Oracle
- Redhill — The Belfry
- Romford — Liberty Shopping Centre
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- Taunton — Orchard Centre
- Telford — Telford Shopping Centre
- Thanet — Westwood Cross
- Thurmaston — Thurmaston Centre
- Thurrock — Lakeside
- Truro — Lemon Quay
- Tunbridge Wells — Royal Victoria Place
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