A MAJOR supermarket has confirmed that it will close two huge furniture stores within weeks.
Asda, which has more than 600 branches across the country, is closing two Asda Living stores this summer.
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Its branch in Island Green Retail Park, Wrexham, will close in just two weeks time on July 31.
The Asda Living shop in Eastgate Retail Park, Bristol, is also set to close this summer, but an exact date has not yet been confirmed.
A spokesperson for the supermarket giant previously said that stores had been “running at a loss for a number of years”.
Asda Living stores sell a range of furniture, electronics, toys, homeware, health and beauty.
There are currently 33 of these stores across the UK, including in Maidstone, Lincoln and Leeds.
It comes as Asda looks to open dozens more Express convenience stores this year.
The first branch opened in Sutton Coldfield in November followed by a site in Tottenham Hale, London.
Asda also bought 129 petrol forecourts and convenience stores from the Co-op.
It launched its first Express forecourt at a petrol station in Liverpool earlier this month.
In March, Asda announced that shoppers can now buy Claire’s accessories and jewellery products at more than 500 stores.
Elsewhere on the high street, dozens of other chains are also looking to close stores.
Retailers been knocked by rising costs as inflation sends prices soaring and less demand among cash-strapped punters.
More companies in England and Wales went bankrupt in March than at any point over the last three years, according to the Insolvency Service.
Some retailers are shutting a handful of branches, while others are set to disappear completely from the high street.
On Friday, Iceland announced it is shutting all of its Swift convenience shops.
Argos has recently announced further store closures and plans to shut even more in the next year too.
The retailer has already closed 37 of its UK stores, including all 34 of its Republic of Ireland branches.
High street bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien recently shut nine of its 10 units after crashing into administration.
It’s not just retailers pulling down the shutters on branches either – a number of high street banks are closing units.
This is due to customers progressively turning to online banking and away from using physical branches.
Here is the full list of banks closing branches this summer.
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