After some initial hesitation, Great Britain is now taking increasingly tough measures to contain the strongly increasing number of corona infections. After prime minister Boris Johnsen ordered the closing of schools a few days ago, the British government is now calling upon 1.5 million people with pre-existing conditions to isolate themselves.
Meanwhile, more and more retailers are also shutting down their stores. New Look, H&M Group, River Island, Gap, and Reiss have joined a rapidly-growing list of retailers temporarily shutting their chain of UK stores as the coronavirus crisis continues.
Full list of retailers (so far) that have temporarily shut their UK high street stores:
- John Lewis
- Clarks
- Ikea
- Arcadia Group (Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Evans)
- New Look
- River Island
- H&M Group (Weekday, Arket, Monki, Cos, H&M Home, & Other Stories, H&M)
- Inditex (Zara, Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Zara Home)
- TK Maxx
- Reiss
- Selfridges
- Harrods
- Fenwick
- Liberty London
- Harvey Nichols
- The Body Shop
- Boden
- Michael Kors
- Gap
- Oasis and Warehouse
- Monsoon
- Oxfam
- The British Heart Foundation
- Lego
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Apple
- Calvin Klein
- Sweaty Betty
