Poundland has confirmed that three more of its stores will close in the next few weeks, in another major blow to shoppers.
Branches in London, Kent and Liverpool will close down, while 825 of the discount chain's shops remain up for sale.
The Clapham Junction store in London is set to close on May 2, just three years after it opened.
A sign in the shop window urged shoppers to relocate to their nearby Wandsworth store. It read: ' We're closing May 2. Don't worry, we have another great store in the Southside Shopping Centre near Specsavers!'
A few days later on May 6, the store in Belle Valle shopping centre in Liverpool is set to close.
A spokesperson for Poundland told The Mirror the decision came after it was served notice on the lease.
They added: 'We know how disappointing this will be to customers and colleagues. Whenever we have to close a store in these circumstances, we do all we can to look for other opportunities for colleagues and that work is now underway.'
The third branch closing is at St George's Centre in Gravesend in Kent where the retailer has hung up multiple 'closing down sale' signs throughout the shop windows.
Poundland in Clapham (pictured) is set to close just three years after it opened
Poundland in Belle Valle shopping centre in Liverpool is another store which is set to close next month
The store in Gravesend, Kent will be the third discount store to close in a matter of weeks
Signs for a 'closing down sale' recently appeared at Poundland in Gravesend (stock photo)
The closure is another blow to shoppers and another hit to the high street (stock photo)
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