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Superdry Closes Bradford Store Due to Rising Costs and Fewer Shoppers

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2 years ago

March 15, 2025

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High street fashion retailer Superdry is closing its Bradford Broadway store today, marking another chapter in the ongoing challenges faced by traditional retail outlets. The store is hosting a significant clearance sale, offering customers substantial discounts as it prepares to shut its doors for good.

This closure is part of a trend affecting the UK’s high streets. In 2024, approximately 13,479 retail stores closed across the country, equating to an average of 37 closures per day—a 28% increase from the previous year. The Centre for Retail Research anticipates that this trend will continue, forecasting around 17,350 retail site closures in 2025.

Several factors contribute to these widespread closures:

Shift to Online Shopping: Consumers are increasingly favouring online shopping platforms, reducing foot traffic in physical stores.

Rising Operational Costs: Retailers are grappling with escalating expenses, including higher national insurance contributions and increased minimum wage requirements.

Economic Pressures: High inflation rates have led to reduced consumer spending, impacting retailers’ revenues.

Other retailers, such as Beales and New Look, are also closing various branches due to financial pressures. Beales, for instance, will close its last remaining store in Poole on May 31, while New Look plans to shut nearly 100 outlets.

The decline in traditional high street shopping has resulted in significant job losses, with nearly 170,000 retail jobs lost in 2024 alone, marking the highest annual loss since 2020. Experts predict that 2025 may bring even worse outcomes for retail jobs and store closures.

Business

Aliko Dangote Speaks on His Children and Carrying on His Family Name

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5 days ago

September 15, 2026

Ese Ohwofa

Aliko Dangote speaks on his lineage and addresses not having a son as he was asked about not having a son to carry his name and achievements.

“That is not my priority because God controls everything. You can pray for God to give you a son, but he might be the one to take down the name of the family.”

Instead, he shared that he does not mind not having a son. “I don’t think a son would have done better than the three daughters I have.”

Aside from that, he was also asked about giving advice to young Nigerians. “Work hard, be consistent, focused and know what you want to do.”

Business

Dangote Investment Draws Huge Traffic to Bamboo, Cowrywise Platforms

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5 days ago

September 15, 2026

Ese Ohwofa

It can be reported that following Aliko Dangote’s investment opportunity, some investment platforms are experiencing huge traffic, causing their platforms to become slow and go down.

Two platforms openly announced their issues. Bamboo said “Hey everyone, we’re getting a much higher than expected traffic trying to get into the Dangote IPO and it’s making it difficult for some users to log into the Bamboo app. We’re working on a fix and it will be up and running shortly.”

Cowrywise also said “We’re currently seeing more traffic than usual on the Cowrywise app. Our team is already on it and working to get things back to normal. Thanks for your patience, everyone.”

Business

Economist Bismarck Rewane Speaks on Dangote Refinery Investment

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1 week ago

September 11, 2026

Ese Ohwofa

Nigerian economist Bismarck Rewane advises Nigerians financially, sharing that Nigerians should engage in the Dangote Refinery initial public offering (IPO). He stated that it was a good investment.

He shared “You are better off with your N5,000 share than selling your PVC for N10,000 or N15,000 and consuming it,” Rewane said.

“If you can get 10 million shareholders to participate in the IPO, the Dangote Refinery will have the largest number of shareholders in the world,” he said.