The full list of Claire's closures.

https://metro.co.uk/2025/10/04/full-lis ... -24339954/

156 Claire's stores have been acquired by Modella Capital.

How many times can Milkshake make the same rambling points about the late night chat shows?

The new Poundland format appears to be in place at one of the stores I visit. They haven't completely got rid of pricing that isn't £1, £2 or £3. Cadbury's chocolate was on sale for £1.75 for example still while the range of items is reducing.

The only biscuits I saw for example were the McVities ...

Sainsbury's were considering selling Argos to Chinese online retailer JD.com but talks have collapsed.

https://www.ft.com/content/85417cba-c22 ... cda5d44e25

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but Bodycare seems to be in trouble aswell. I seen that they've been trying to get funding but the stores have no stock in and there's a lot of gap filling.

The stores remind me of Wilko in its death days.

Don't know whether it's temporary but it's been ...

cysjunk wrote: Sat 30 Aug, 2025 20.47

Martin Phillp wrote: Sat 30 Aug, 2025 03.28 TVLF is back.

Are you sure? The error still appears for me.

The A25 has Android upgrades until 2028 and security updates until 2029, so a good four years yet.

Nothing of the sort in my part of London, but is diverse compared to some of the areas where the trend has been happening.

TVLF is back.

Poundland was set to go in administration on Friday if a restructuring plan wasn't approved today by the High Court.

It seems the plan includes closing stores, reducing rents and going back to having fixed prices of which 60% will be £1.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd3j3g0e5no