SHUTTERS DOWN
Much-loved furniture store to shut in DAYS as it clears all its stock in a massive closing down sale
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A POPULAR furniture shop is set to shut its doors and is holding a huge closing-down sale to get rid of its stock.
Abitare, a beloved store in the north west, will price everything at a discount from this Friday.
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The furniture specialist, in Wigan, is aiming to sell every item on the shop floor.
Meaning shoppers could be in for some impressive bargains if they pay the store a visit.
Abitare sells sofas, beds, mattresses, dining tables, chairs, upholstery, cabinets and home decor.
It's Grand Closing Down Sale will only run for a limited amount of time on a "first come first served" basis.
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The discounts will kick in from June 14 and last for three days only.
Its website reads "Closing down forever, GRAND SALE.
"£1,250,000 stock for immediate disposal.
"Offers in store only."
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Director Phillip Ashworth said: “After such a long time serving the good people of the area, I’m determined to mark the end of an era by giving customers unrepeatable bargains across the entire range.
"We’ve really enjoyed serving the people in the area over the years, we will bow out by giving customers one final chance to get an unrepeatable deal.''
Shoppers looking for other deals could turn to B&M for a good bargain.
The popular chain has launched their own closing down sale and shoppers are rushing to get their hands on a bargain.
Its closing down the branch in Harpurhey and is looking to clear old stock.
Shoppers were spotted queuing out the door to get their hands on bargains.
The Harpurhey Shopping Centre posted on Facebook: "B&M Stores is relocating within the centre!
"Enjoy 50% off all items whilst stocks last."
Bargain hunters flocked to the comments, some claiming they were queuing for as long as three hours, but managed to bag "loads" of deals.
One said: "£225 worth of items for when we go away for £111.
"Was queuing for checkout from 11.50am to 2.50pm."
Another wrote: "Three hours we were in the queue.."
A third said: "I got 120 quid worth of stuff for my house for £60 so wasn’t too bad, it was stuff I was planning to buy too."
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Another wrote: "Three hours we were in the queue.."
A third said: "I got 120 quid worth of stuff for my house for £60 so wasn’t too bad, it was stuff I was planning to buy too."
Why are retailers closing shops?
EMPTY shops have become an eyesore on many British high streets and are often symbolic of a town centre’s decline.
The Sun's business editor Ashley Armstrong explains why so many retailers are shutting their doors.
In many cases, retailers are shutting stores because they are no longer the money-makers they once were because of the rise of online shopping.
Falling store sales and rising staff costs have made it even more expensive for shops to stay open. In some cases, retailers are shutting a store and reopening a new shop at the other end of a high street to reflect how a town has changed.
The problem is that when a big shop closes, footfall falls across the local high street, which puts more shops at risk of closing.
Retail parks are increasingly popular with shoppers, who want to be able to get easy, free parking at a time when local councils have hiked parking charges in towns.
Many retailers including Next and Marks & Spencer have been shutting stores on the high street and taking bigger stores in better-performing retail parks instead.
Boss Stuart Machin recently said that when it relocated a tired store in Chesterfield to a new big store in a retail park half a mile away, its sales in the area rose by 103 per cent.
In some cases, stores have been shut when a retailer goes bust, as in the case of Wilko, Debenhams Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Paperchase to name a few.
What’s increasingly common is when a chain goes bust a rival retailer or private equity firm snaps up the intellectual property rights so they can own the brand and sell it online.
They may go on to open a handful of stores if there is customer demand, but there are rarely ever as many stores or in the same places.
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