After Boots closed multiple locations in 2023, there will be more closures in the New Year.
A year ago, Boots closed locations on King William Street in London and Salford Shopping Centre in Greater Manchester.
The beloved health and beauty chain is shying away from the British high streets in a move to consolidate the business.
All told, 300 Boots stores around the nation are scheduled to close.
But it's not the only store that is disappearing from British high streets.
Many stores, including Next, Wilko, Iceland, Clintons, and M&S, have closed.
It seems the landscape of British high streets is changing at a rapid pace.
Boots sites to close in 2024:
- Cliftonville, Kent (Jan 20)
- Pemberton, Wigan (Jan 26)
- Hough Lane, Layland, Lancashire (Jan)
- Rhos on Sea (Mar)
- Colwyn Bay (Apr)
- Caerleon Road, Newport (no specified date)
- Chepstow Road, Newport (no specified date)
- Carlyon Road, St Austell, Cornwall (no specified date)
- St Blazey, Cornwall (no specified date)
- Front Street, Prudhoe (no specified date)
- Lurgan (no specified date)
- Chard Road, Plymouth (no specified date)
- Mannamead Road, Plymouth (no specified date)
- Claremont Street, Plymouth (no specified date)
- Portland Walk, Barrow (no specified date)
- Gestridge Road, Teignbridge (no specified date)
In 2023, these stores closed:
- Salford Shopping Centre, Greater Manchester (Feb 2023)
- Church Street, Malvern (Mar 2023)
- The Port Arcades Shopping Centre, Ellesmere (Mar 2023)
- King William Street, London Jun 2023)
- Heathside Road, Woking (Jul 2023)
- UEA campus (Jul 2023)
- Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff (Aug 2023)
- Holywell, Flintshire (Aug 2023)
- Windhill Road, Wakefield (Oct 2023)
- Upper Warrengate, Wakefield (Oct 2023)
- Glastonbury (Oct 2023)
- Uppingham Road, Leicester (Oct 2023)
- Guildford Road, Woking (Oct 2023)
- Kings Square, York (Oct 2023)
- Warminster (Oct 2023)
- Gorleston, Great Yarmouth (Nov 2023)
- High Row, Darlington (Nov 2023)
- Mudge Way, Plymouth (Nov 2023)
- Mount Pleasant, Exeter (Nov 2023)
- Kirkby Ashfield (Nov 2023)
Boots online, however, is thriving, especially due to the Big Boots Sale, which promises up to 50 per cent off on products.
There's a 20 per cent "online only" discount on a few scents, such as Hugo Boss and Gucci.
Additional online-only discounts are available, such as 20 per cent off No7 and other beauty brands.
There are discounts available on vitamins, skincare products, makeup, and electrical beauty equipment.
Standard free delivery is available for orders over £25, or for orders over £15, customers can choose to "click and collect" in-store.
Additionally, Boots and Deliveroo have partnered to enable online shoppers to have their purchases delivered right to their door.
But the workers will be held accountable when everything disappears from our high streets and there is widespread unemployment.
It started with the banks, then post offices, and in a few years, youngsters will be asking, "What were shops, Mum?".
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