Almost 13,500 retail stores closed, a rise of 28% on previous year, according to Centre for Retail Research

The UK lost about 37 shops a day during 2024 in yet another brutal year for the high street, data suggests.

Almost 13,500 retail stores closed for good in the last 12 months, a rise of 28% on 2023 – although the losses were below the levels seen each year between 2019 and 2022, according to provisional figures compiled by the Centre for Retail Research.