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Wilko will close the last of its remaining high street stores next month.
The collapsed homeware retailer’s final 111 sites will shut on three dates in early October.
Most sites have already closed, with the latest wave closing for good yesterday.
More than 10,000 jobs are expected be lost as a result of Wilko’s collapse.
Earlier this month, rival retailer The Range bought Wilko’s brand, website and intellectual property, while 120 stores – more than a quarter of its estate – have been sold to B&M European Value Retail and Poundland’s owner.
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HMV owner Doug Putman previously pulled out of a deal to buy 300 shops after talks with administrators PwC fell through.
These stores will shut on October 3:
Hounslow, London
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
Weston Favell, Northampton
Bristol
Lancaster, Lancashire
Leeds Trinity, West Yorkshire
Reading, Berkshire
Poole, Dorset
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Washington, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Chatham, Kent
Southend, Essex
Metro Centre, Gateshead
Epsom, Surrey
Cannon Park, Coventry
Norwich,…
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