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<\/p>\nA DIY chain with over 150 stores is shutting more shops next week and shoppers fear they'll miss out on "the best" Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n
Homebase is set to close two stores on Sunday, December 3.<\/p>\n
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The\u00a0DIY chain\u00a0will shortly bring the shutters down on two stores, one in Plymouth and one in Oxford.<\/p>\n
The stores were originally meant to shut their doors in November.<\/p>\n
Its shop in Marsh Mills\u00a0Retail\u00a0Park in Plymouth will close for the final time next<\/span> weekend.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Homebase previously said: "We'll be closing our Plymouth Marsh Mills store in November, an exact date is yet to be confirmed."<\/p>\n Customers will have to travel 30 miles east to get to the\u00a0next\u00a0closest store in Newton Abbot after the Plymouth store shuts. <\/p>\n At the same time, Homebase bosses have also confirmed that its store on Southam Road in Banbury will shut on Sunday. <\/p>\n Posters in the store read: "All stock reduced" as "everything must go".<\/p>\n Customers will have to travel 15 miles to get to the next closest store in Bicester after the Banbury store shuts.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Shoppers have been reacting to the news on social media since the closures were confirmed in October.<\/p>\n Reacting to the\u00a0news\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook, a shopper posted: "Nooo. I love buying my\u00a0Christmas\u00a0decorations from here."<\/p>\n Another said: "Gutted I love Homebase why can't B&Q go or Wickes go."<\/p>\n A third wrote: "Soo sad to see yet another good store leave Plymouth.<\/p>\n "I always go there for my paint and accessories. They have such a good choice which I have not seen anywhere else."<\/p>\n Another wrote: "So very sad to see another one going, What's next?"<\/p>\n And a fourth added: "Another shop to go, just like all the rest."<\/p>\n The retailer is also set to pull the plug on its shop at the O2 Centre on Finchley Road in London on\u00a0December 10.<\/p>\n It comes after the retailer\u00a0shut\u00a0its Newport store in South\u00a0Wales\u00a0on September 8.<\/p>\n Homebase has closed 93 stores since it was taken over by Hilco Capital in 2018.<\/p>\n Hilco bought the hardware store chain for \u00a31\u00a0from Australian firm Wesfarmers, which paid \u00a3340million for what has been dubbed one of the "most disastrous takeovers ever seen".<\/p>\n Wesfarmers is known for its Bunnings chain in\u00a0Australia. It attempted to transform Homebase into its own DIY brand.<\/p>\n Prior to the Hilco takeover, Homebase had 250 stores at its peak and 12,000 staff.<\/p>\n But Homebase soon returned to profit after it entered a CVA agreement and restructured its\u00a0business.<\/p>\n The retailer recently launched a\u00a0huge gardening sale\u00a0with some items up to 50% off.<\/p>\n It comes after a tricky time for the British high street.<\/p>\n Shoppers have been cutting back spending, which means some outlets have struggled to keep going.<\/p>\n Brick-and-mortar stores have also seen a lack of footfall due to consumer habits switching to online shopping.<\/p>\n Figures from the\u00a0British Retail Consortium\u00a0(BRC) this\u00a0summer\u00a0found the UK had lost 6,000 stores over a five-year period.<\/p>\n Among the closures are big brand chains and independent retailers.<\/p>\n Boots is\u00a0set to close several\u00a0more stores this month as part of its plan to shut 300 shops over the\u00a0next\u00a0year.<\/p>\n Cineworld is\u00a0closing a much-loved branch tomorrow\u00a0and customers are devastated.<\/p>\n Clarks\u00a0has also shut a store located in Newport\u00a0Retail\u00a0Park in Spytty for good in November.<\/p>\n Home Values in the Queensmere shopping centre in Slough is said to pulling down the shutters before\u00a0Christmas.<\/p>\n Plus a\u00a0beloved jewellers is set to close\u00a0its doors next month after 188 years in business.<\/p>\n While a raft of stores are set to close, shoppers have reason to be cheerful as other retailers are actually expanding this year.<\/p>\n The Sun recently revealed\u00a0discount retailer Costco\u00a0is expanding in the UK and is planning to open 14 more warehouses over the next two years.<\/p>\n Bonmarche is opening\u00a0at least seven new stores after filing for administration in 2019, while The White Company is due to open new stores in October and November.<\/p>\n Once-huge bakery chain\u00a0Patisserie Valerie, which also collapsed into administration and closed most of its stores, has started reopening branches, as revealed by the Sun.<\/p>\n We also recently revealed bakeries Wenzels, Greggs,\u00a0Dunkin'\u00a0Donuts and The\u00a0Cornish Bakery\u00a0are all in the process of expanding in the UK.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a major high street chain with 1,400 stores in the UK is set to close a branch in the next few days.<\/p>\n Plus, here are all\u00a0the 22 shops and chains closing doors\u00a0before the end of the year after an "apocalyptic" era for high street.<\/p>\nREAD MORE IN MONEY<\/h2>\n
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