The first New Look store to close in the UK in 2025 was its shop in Carillon Court Shopping Centre, Loughborough, which shut its doors for the last time on January 24.
This was followed by its store in Wickford, Essex on January 24, its store in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales in February and its St Austell branch in Cornwall in March.
Meanwhile, New Look will shut nearly all of its stores in Ireland as it enters liquidation there. New Look once had 600 stores across the UK. However, its website currently states that there are now 338 stores, marking a stark decrease from 2018 to now.
The move is believed to have been sparked by last year’s Autumn budget, in which Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced increased employment costs for businesses.
The majority of the New Look stores set to close are in the Republic of Ireland. They are:
- Northside Shopping Centre (Dublin)
- Liffey Valley Shopping Centre (Dublin)
- Tallaght (Dublin)
- Omni Park Shopping Centre (Dublin)
- Blanchardstown (Dublin)
- Jervis Street (Dublin)
- Wilton Shopping Centre (Cork)
- Ballincollig Shopping Centre (Cork)
- Blackpool Shopping Centre (Cork)Opera Lane (Cork)
- Galway City
- Gateway Retail Park (Galway)
- Ashbourne
- Bridgewater Shopping Centre, Arklow
- Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow
- Navan Shopping Centre
- Whitewater Shopping Centre, Newbridge
- Clonmel
- Limerick
- Killarney
- Wexford
- Grand Parade, Mullingar
- Castlebar, County Mayo
- Dungarvan
- The Marshes Shopping Centre, Dundalk
- Letterkenny Retail Park
A spokesperson previously said that the company “concluded that it was no longer viable to continue trading in Ireland” following a review.
