Felixstowe s Burton and Dorothy Perkins clothes store has closed
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Another leading high street brand has closed its doors in Felixstowe town centre.
The resort has said farewell to the combined Dorothy Perkins and Burton women s and men s clothes store in Hamilton Road - a fixture of the shopping centre for many years.
The former Arcadia Group-owned retailers will not reopen their shops after lockdown after having been sold to online company Boohoo in a £25million deal for their brands and websites earlier this month.
Felixstowe town centre has suffered a number of national closures recently.
It lost Marks and Spencer in 2019, and Edinburgh Woollen Mill went last autumn, Ponden Homes last month, while the future of Peacocks and Bonmarche are uncertain.
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Two home soft furnishings companies have closed their stores in Felixstowe.
Ponden Home Interiors has announced that it will not be reopening its store in.
Felixstowe town centre is seeing many changes as shops come and go
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Two home soft furnishings companies have closed their stores in Felixstowe.
Ponden Home Interiors has announced that it will not be reopening its store in Hamilton Road after the current lockdown preventing non-essential shops from operating ends.
The store has been a fixture in the resort s high street for many years and on Facebook management thanked customers for their support and loyal custom.
Meanwhile, Turners curtain shop has closed its showroom premises in High Road East with the business now working from home.
The family company, which was established in 1985 and serves Felixstowe, Ipswich and Woodbridge areas, says it is now home studio based and can be contacted via its website.