Retailer closures LIVE: 13 retailers to be axed in January together with Co-op

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Marks and Spencer has introduced plans to shut its department in Sunderland metropolis centre after many years.

The grocery store and excessive road retailer claimed it was closing its Excessive Road West metropolis centre department due to a change in buying habits.

It is believed that these working on the Sunderland department will likely be provided different roles at different Marks and Spencer areas if the closure goes forward.

Presently, a precise date for the potential closure has not been confirmed, nonetheless, the shop will proceed buying and selling till the brand new Washington Galleries retailer is able to open.

A press release from M&S regional supervisor Philip Barker-Thomson confirmed: “We admire that this will likely be disappointing information for some.

“Rotating our retailer property includes closing some shops, but it surely additionally means investing in opening new shops, together with our upcoming new, greater M&S retailer close by within the Galleries Retail Park in Washington.

“The brand new 47,000 sqft retailer is a part of a £13million funding by M&S in our shops within the North East and can provide native prospects a wider vary of M&S merchandise than ever earlier than throughout a brand new Clothes & House division and an even bigger Foodhall.

“Our precedence now could be to speak to our colleagues about what this announcement means for them. Beneath these proposals, the Sunderland retailer will even proceed buying and selling till the brand new Washington Galleries retailer is able to open.”

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