Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2018, Week 30: Homebase Continues to Shut Stores

Executive Summary

Coresight Research tracks store closures, openings and bankruptcies for a select group of retailers in the US and the UK.  Our Weekly Store Tracker focuses on department stores and specialty retail stores, including, but not limited to, those selling softlines, hardlines, consumer electronics, groceries and furniture.

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Highlights from this week’s Store Tracker:

• Year-to-date 2018, the number of US store closure announcements stands at 4,204 and the number of store openings is 2,239.
• Year to date in the UK, there have been 1,215 store closure announcements and 635 store opening announcements.
• Homebase will close its Exeter store by September.
• Tesco is set to take on Aldi and Lidl in discount retailing