Seven Marks & Spencer clothing stores will close their doors for the last time on Saturday as the high-street chain pushes ahead with a radical transformation plan.
The retailer announced in May that it plans to close 100 stores by 2022, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
As part of the business restructuring, M&S will also be looking to reduce its costs by £350m by 2021.
On Saturday, clothing stores in Northampton, Falkirk, Kettering, Newmarket, New Mersey retail park in Speke, Stockton and Walsall will trade for a final day while a Simply Food in Bayswater, London, will also close.
Three stores in Fleetwood, Newton Abbott and Darlington have already ceased trading as part of the phase of closures.
Three more, in East Kilbri…
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