What's Inside

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

This week, we highlight store opening and closure news at WHSmith, as well as the announcement of a permanent Chief Financial Officer at John Lewis Partnership. This report presents data up to week 18 of 2025, ended May 2, 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: Bath & Body Works, Boots Opticians, Kiko Milano, Lidl, WHSmith

Other relevant research:

• The full collection of Store Tracker reports, including our US-focused series
• 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.