A Mosaic spokesman this week said while Covid-19 had impacted rent, Mosaic could not comment on individual store closures.
“We are very conscious of the impact all closures have on our team and the communities they serve,” he said.
“Where stores are closed, our brands will continue to serve their customers online.”
The Mosaic spokesman said the group was on record in its annual report with a strategy to “rebalance its stores across Australia”.
“To reflect the changing demands of our customers, nature of bricks and mortar and online retail, which has accelerated due to Covid-19, stores may be closed where landlords have pre-Covid-19 rental expectations which don’t match the demand of our customers.”
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Fashion retailer Cotton On Group has been confirmed as the new store to open in Gladstone Stockland.
The retail group, which offers on-trend fashion for men and women, will move into the centre after fashion giant, Lorna Jane closed its doors last month. Cotton On will be located where the former Lorna Jane store used to be.
Stockland Gladstone centre manager Diana Mitchell said the Cotton On store would nicely complement the many existing brands on offer.
“We are thrilled to provide our customers with an even wider variety of fashion retailers at our centre here in Gladstone,” Ms Mitchell said.
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The looming closure of Lorna Janeâs Gladstone store was âinstigatedâ by Stocklandâs centre management, according to the activewear company.
Lorna Jane Gladstone first opened in September 2013 but after eight years of providing the community with activewear, the Stockland Gladstone store will close on January 27. Lorna Jane state sales manager Paula McLachlan, with the girls from Physio and Fitness Gladstone, at the opening of Gladstone s first store in 2013. Photo Kara Irving/The Observer.
A Lorna Jane spokesman said it was not the companyâs intention to leave Stockland Gladstone.
âThe move in the centre was instigated by centre management, not by us, as they needed the space for a new tenant,â the spokesman said.