This year has been dubbed as ‘the year of the CVA’ by analysts as a number of high street brands have announced store closure programmes and administrations.
The latest development sees Debenhams announcing its plans to close up to 50 underperforming stores over the next three to five years after reporting record losses.
This follows House of Fraser filing proposals for a company voluntary arrangement process in June, putting 31 stores at risk of closure, before the business was bought out of administration by Mike Ashley.
High street retailer Marks and Spencer has announced plans to close 100 of its stores by the end of 2022, specialist floor retailer Carpetright is going ahead with its CVA, while supermarket giants Sainsbury’s and Asda have confirmed they plan to merge in a blockbuster deal that would hand Asda’s current owner Walmart around £3bn in cash and a 41% stake in the combined business.
Other chains affected include Select, Bargain Booze, Toys R Us, New Look, Jamie's Italian, Prezzo, Carluccio's, Byron and Maplin.
EG takes an in-depth look at the retail crisis, bringing you the latest data and analysis on the retailers as more announcements are made.
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The retail sector has suffered a tumultuous start to 2018. The year of the CVA has been compiled by multiple store closures up and down the country and many of the high street’s best-loved stores plunged into administration.
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I spoke to the BBC about how the proposed House of Fraser CVA will effect the high street & how 2018 is set to be the worst for store closures
using @EstatesGazette #data & #analysis
HERE: https://t.co/zpI2IEMrp8@BBCWorldBiz @BBCNews @houseoffraser #RetailCrisis #Retail pic.twitter.com/ztxco80YAm
— James Child (@James_ChildCRE) June 7, 2018
EG's @JamesChildEG spoke to the BBC about how #Poundworld 💰 has succumbed to the "year of the CVA" and what effects it may have on the #retail landscape using @EstatesGazette #data & #analysis #RadiusDX
HERE: https://t.co/IUybMvnRXV #RetailCrisis pic.twitter.com/sbHLOMZtVY
— EG (@EGPropertyNews) April 27, 2018