Major high street chain starts closing 106 stores – is your local branch about to disappear forever?
A MAJOR high street chain has closed dozens of stores after collapsing into administration.
All of Paperchase's branches are set to close forever and some shops have already shut their doors for good, The Sun can reveal.
It comes after the retailer fell into administration in February after it failed to find a buyer.
Supermarket giant Tesco stepped up to buy the rights to the brand, but not its shops.
Administrators later confirmed that all of the stores would close as a result with 900 jobs at risk.
The Sun found that stores in major cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds have now closed for good.
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Plus all concession stands in Next and Selfridges stores have also shut.
Meanwhile, more Paperchase stores are set to close forever in the coming days.
Paperchase in Oxford's Westgate Centre is expected to close on April 1, according to .
A member of staff told the Mail that they had "about a week left at most" of trading.
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The Paperchase store at the Overgate Shopping Centre in Dundee will close at the end of the month, reported.
The Sun has contacted administrator Begbies Traynor for comment and we will update this story when we hear back.
But the group previously told The Sun that the exact closure date for each branch will vary and depend on how much stock is left to sell.
Below is a full list of Paperchase stores that have already closed, including concessions:
- Arnotts
- Basingstoke
- Belfast
- Bury
- Birmingham Selfridges
- Bishops Stortford
- Cambridge
- Chester
- Colchester
- Dundrum
- Edinburgh Moringside
- Forestside
- Meadowhall
- Newbury
- Perth
- Peterborough
- Sailsbury
- Sevenoaks
- Silverburn
- St Andrews
- St Pancras Station
- Trafford Centre Selfridges
- Wandsworth
- Wattington
- Whiteley Village
- White Rose, Leeds
- Worcester
- York Outlet
- Next Aintree - closed
- Next Birmingham Junction 9 - closed
- Next Bolton - closed
- Next Bournemouth - closed
- Next Camberley - closed
- Next Crawley - closed
- Next Enfield - closed
- Next Gloucester - closed
- Next Handforth Dean
- Next Hanley
- Next Ipswich
- Next Kirkcaldy
- Next London Colney
- Next Luton
- Next Maidstone
- Next Manchester Arndale
- Next Norwich
- Next Oxford Street
- Next Plymouth
- Next Selly Oak
- Next Shoreham
- Next Solihull
- Next Straiton
- Next Wolverhamptom
- Next York
The stores featured in the list below are currently still open:
- Altrincham
- Bath
- Battersea
- Berkhamsted
- Beverley
- Birmingham Grand Central
- Birmingham New St
- Bishopsgate
- Bury St Edmunds
- Byres Road
- Canterbury
- Cardiff St Davids
- Cheapside
- Chelmsford
- Cheshire Oaks
- Chichester
- Chiswick
- Cribbs Causeway
- Derby
- Dundee
- Durham
- Edinburgh
- Exeter
- Finchley Road
- Glasgow Buchanan
- Guernsey
- Guildford
- Harrogate
- Henley on Thames
- Hereford
- Hitchin
- Islington
- Jersey
- Kings Cross Station
- Kingston
- Lakeside
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds Commercial Street
- Leicester
- Lewes
- Lincoln
- London Bridge
- Maidstone
- Manchester
- Marble Arch
- Merry Hill
- Metro Centre
- Newcastle
- Northcote Road
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Putney
- Ringwood
- Rushdean Lakes
- Sheffield
- Solihull
- Southampton
- Staines
- St Albans
- St Pancras Circle
- Street Outlet
- Swindon
- Taunton
- Telford
- Tunbridge Wells
- Victoria Station
- Walton on Thames
- Waterloo Station
- Watford
- Wimbledon
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Woking
- York
The stationer launched a major closing down sale which initially started with 20% off before being hiked to 50%.
Some customers have even spotted their local shop selling store fixtures and fittings.
It comes after Paperchase stopped trading online in mid-February.
For now, the majority of stores remain open as the retailer continues to heavily discount and get rid of its remaining stock.
You can find your nearest Paperchase using the store locator on its website or you can order home directly.
Remember that all stock will be subject to availability.
The company opened its first store in 1968 in Kensington, London.
It comes as nearly 15,000 jobs have been axed since the start of the year as dozens of retailers collapsed or were restructured.
Retailers have been feeling the pinch since the pandemic while shoppers are cutting back spending due to soaring inflation.
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From the Scottish clothing brand M&Co to the wellies store Joules, a number of familiar brands went bust in 2022.
We've listed all of the shops and chains closing down this year.
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