Rumbelows – 1995
The company was started in the 50s as a television and radio shop. The store expanded quickly and started spreading all across the U.K. Rumbelows had hundreds of stores by 1970 and was sold to another business in the 80s.
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This new management was unable to Rumbelows or modernise it and by 1992, it started that it was making an annual loss of £12 million. By 1995, the company closed the doors of its final 285 stores.
Freeman, Hardy & Willis – 1999
Our young readers might not be familiar with this store but this footwear chain was a huge part of the United Kingdom’s heritage. Started in 1875 by a Russian immigrant, the store was an instant hit.
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With a shop in nearly every town in the U.K. Sadly though, after 100 years of business, the company closed its doors in 1999. Many of its stores were converted to Hush Puppies shops but they too were unsuccessful.