A popular men’s fashion retailer inside a UK shopping centre has permanently closed after less than two years. Tessuti in Warrington‘s Golden Square shut its doors on Tuesday after running a massive closing-down sale.
The luxury outlet, which sold brands including POLO Ralph Lauren, opened in October 2024, months after the company withdrew its previous presence from the town in May 2023. The initial closure followed Tessuti’s acquisition by the Fraser Group, which bought the retailer from JD Sports in 2022.
While the reason for the latest closure has not been confirmed, a countdown towards the final day of trading and signs advertising a 70% off sale were displayed in the shop windows over the last week.
High street closures have become increasingly commonplace amid rising cost of living and running costs, with a number of brands vanishing from Warrington in recent months.
Among them are its Claire’s branch, which shut after the company’s UK and Ireland operations ceased trading in April, and its Bodycare store, which closed when the retailer collapsed into administration in the autumn.
Warrington will also lose its Quiz store at the end of June, after the clothing chain confirmed plans to shut its entire remaining portfolio over the next month.
The fashion retailer hired administrators in February after suffering a “tough start” to 2026.
Retailers have blamed rising operating costs on Government taxation and the war in the Middle East, with Shoe Zone blaming slower trading on consumers being less confident to spend as a result.
The chain, which has 259 stores, has been shutting shops and cutting the size of its warehouse after reporting a pre-tax loss of £5.3million for the six months to March 23.
The owners of high street chain TGJones also pinned the blame for the closure of 150 stores on “government policy and recent geopolitical events” earlier this month.
In a statement, they said: “While we continue to believe in the strength of the core business, TGJones has experienced highly challenging trading conditions over the past year, along with many other brick-and-mortar retailers.
“Weak consumer spending and cost-of-living pressures, combined with rising operating costs as a direct result of government policy and recent geopolitical events, have meant that the company as a whole has remained loss-making.”