British fashion retailer to close popular shop today as another enters administration

British fashion retailer to close popular shop today as another enters administrationToday one beloved fashion retailer is having a closing-down sale, while another fashion brand has entered administration and shut its websiteCommentsLifestyleAndrea Blazquez Editor of Spare Time and Chanelle Georgina Senior Audience Writer14:50, 15 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesThe high street keeps changing(Image: Alexander Spatari via Getty Images)British fashion retailer New Look is closing its Carrickfergus branch in Northern Ireland on April 15. The company shut 51 stores last year, though the Northern Ireland location is the sole closure anticipated this month.‌Taking to social media, New Look staff posted: "We are gutted that it is the end of our New Look journey, but unfortunately this is something that is out of our hands."‌The Carrickfergus outlet is currently running a closing-down sale. New Look operates over 300 stores nationwide, with four remaining branches in Belfast and one in Newtownabbey.‌New Look stores closing in AprilCarrickfergus, Northern Ireland - closing on April 15New Look stores already closed:New Look, Brunswick Centre, Scarborough: closedNew Look, Neath, Wales: closed‌New Look, Hamilton, Scotland: closedNew Look, Birmingham, Northfield shopping centre: closedNew Look, Willow Place, Corby: closed‌New Look Bexleyheath, London: closedNew Look, Preston: closedNew Look, Valley Retail World in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear: closed‌St Austell branch in Cornwall: closedNew Look, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales: closedNew Look, Wickford, Essex: closed‌New Look, Carillon Court Shopping Centre, Loughborough: closedNew Look, Devizes, Wiltshire: closedNew Look The Potteries Centre, Stoke-on-Trent: closed‌New Look Hinckley: closedView 3 ImagesCertain New Look stores have closed down(Image: Ceri Breeze via Getty Images)‌Additional high-street names shutting stores this year include supermarket giant Marks and Spencer (M&S).The chain revealed it's axing 14 in-stor...