River Island: Locations of 33 stores closing down

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River Island is set to close 33 of its stores after receiving High Court approval for a major restructuring plan.

A judge sanctioned the high street fashion chain’s overhaul on Friday, a move deemed essential to avert the company’s potential collapse into administration.

The plan also includes securing reduced rents on 71 other outlets. Lawyers for River Island told the court the company “simply has not been able to reverse” a trend of persistent financial difficulty.

Here is the list of locations where the group will now shut shops:

-Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

-Bangor Bloomfield, Northern Ireland

-Barnstaple, Devon

-Beckton, Greater London

-Brighton, East Sussex

-Burton-Upon-Trent, Derbyshire

-Cumbernauld, Scotland

-Didcot, Oxfordshire

-Edinburgh Princes Street, Scotland

-Falkirk, Scotland

-Gloucester, Gloucestershire