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In the first 2020 lockdown, Poundland hibernated around 120 stores in March and was able to start reopening them from the end of May.
The fate of northern Lincolnshire's Poundlands as 44 stores to 'hibernate' The stores have seen a big drop in foot traffic during the pandemic, and will be closing until further notice 13:49, 8 JAN 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to the Grimsby Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslet...
In the first 2020 lockdown, Poundland hibernated around 120 stores in March and was able to start reopening them from the end of May.
In the first 2020 lockdown, Poundland hibernated around 120 stores in March and was able to start reopening them from the end of May.
Poundland will close 44 stores from Saturday in response to the coronavirus lockdown - just two days after its boss vowed to customers that the chain would be 'here for you, however long it lasts'. The retailer, which has more than 800 stores nationwide, said a small number of outlets across the UK will go in to 'hibernation' to 'protect them for the long term'. Poundland imposed the same measures in the March lockdown when it hibernated around 120 stores before beginning to reopen them at the end of May. However, on Wednesday, the firm's managing director Barry Williams gave no hint of the...