Poundland plans to shut 68 stores and two distribution sites

The caller proprietor of the discount retailer Poundland has revealed proposals to adjacent 68 stores and 2 organisation centres.

Gordon Brothers, the concern steadfast which snapped up the struggling marque for a nominal sum past week, said its betterment program "intended to present a financially sustainable operating exemplary for the concern aft an extended play of under-performance".

The institution was yet to corroborate precisely however galore unit would beryllium affected.

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