Reasons to Read

From this week, we are splitting our longstanding Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series into separate series for the US and the UK, making it easier for our clients to quickly find the data that is most relevant to them.

Our Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies in the UK.

This week, we highlight recent opening and closure announcements from Frasers Group, Screwfix and Superdrug, among others. Non-store-closure news includes Poundland appointing a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

This report presents data up to week 12 of 2025, ended March 21, 2025.

Data in this research report include:

• Week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the UK—2025 vs. 2024
• Major UK store closures and openings—2025 and 2024

Companies mentioned in this report include: Frasers Group, IKEA, New Look, Puma, Screwfix, Superdrug

Other relevant research:

• The full collection of Store Tracker reports
• The US and UK Store Tracker Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US and UK retail industries.
• The Retail Bankruptcies Databank details bankruptcies of US and UK retail companies, restaurants and gyms since March 2020.