The full list of Carpetright stores being closed has been revealed, after Tapi Carpets confirmed it had snapped up a host of its rival’s stores yesterday (22 July).
Tapi has acquired its competitor’s intellectual property, two warehouses and 54 of its stores, which it said would save 308 jobs and “expand [the business] into a number of areas we don’t currently serve”.
However, the deal will lead to 1,018 job losses across Carpetright’s head office in Purfleet and its remaining 218 stores across the UK.
Tapi said saving the entire business was “unviable” as Carpetright had been materially loss making for a number of years and had racked up “significant debt”.
It added it had been mindful of how the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) would view a larger deal.
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CEO of Nestware Holdings, which forms part of the Meditor Group which owns Carpetright, Kevin Barrett, said: “We have tried everything to turn Carpetright around and I’m truly sorry that we were unable to save more jobs. The deal will not affect Carpetright in Europe or other brands within Nestware Holdings including Keswick and Trade Choice.”
“The Floor Room will continue to trade and serve customers via concessions at John Lewis and we will be working hard to secure job opportunities across these businesses to support Carpetright staff wherever we can.”
The Carpetright sites being axed are as follows, with locations marked with “FV” located inside Furniture Village stores:
- Aberdeen.
- Aberdeen Bridge Of Don.
- Aberystwyth.
- Abingdon.
- Altrincham.
- Andover.
- Ashford.
- Ashington.
- Ashton-under-Lyne.
- Aylesbury.
- Ayr.
- Banbury.
- Barnstaple.Barrow-in-Furness.
- Bath.
- Bedford.
- Belfast Boucher Road.
- Belfast Newtownabbey.
- Berwick.
- Blackburn.
- Blackpool.
- Blyth.
- Bolton.
- Bolton (FV).
- Bracknell.
- Braintree.
- Brentford.
- Bridgend.
- Brighton.
- Bristol Cribbs.
- Bristol Eagleswood Hub.
- Bromley.
- Burton upon Trent.
- Bury St Edmunds.
- Caerphilly.
- Cambridge.
- Cannock Orbital.
- Canterbury.
- Cardiff Culverhouse Cross.
- Cardiff Newport Road.
- Carlisle.
- Chadwell Heath.
- Chelmsford.
- Chelmsford (FV).
- Cheltenham.
- Chester.
- Christchurch.
- Colchester.
- Colindale.
- Coventry Alvis.
- Crawley.
- Crawley (FV).
- Crewe.
- Croydon (FV).
- Cwmbran.
- Dartford.
- Derby.
- Devizes.
- Dorchester.
- Dundee.
- Dunfermline.
- Dunstable.
- Durham.
- East Dereham.
- East Grinstead.
- East Kilbride.
- Eastbourne.
- Edinburgh Newcraighall.
- Edinburgh Straiton.
- Edmonton.
- Elgin.
- Enfield (FV).
- Evesham.
- Exeter.
- Falkirk.
- Fareham.
- Farnham.
- Feltham.
- Frome.
- Gateshead.
- Gerrards Cross.
- Gillingham.
- Glasgow GWR.
- Glastonbury.
- Glenrothes.
- Gravesend.
- Guernsey.
- Guildford (FV).
- Guiseley.
- Hanley.
- Harlow.
- Hartlepool.
- Harwich.
- Hastings.
- Havant.
- Haverfordwest.
- Hazel Grove.
- High Wycombe Bellfield Rd.
- Horsham.
- Hull Clough Road.
- Hull St Andrews Quay.
- Huntingdon.
- Inverness.
- Ipswich Euro.
- Irvine.
- Isle of Wight.
- Jersey.
- Keighley.
- Kendal.
- Kettering.
- Kingston (FV).
- Kirkcaldy.
- Leeds Birstall (FV).
- Leicester.
- Letchworth.
- Lincoln.
- Liverpool Aintree.
- Livingston.
- Llandudno.
- Llanidloes Hafren Furnishers.
- London Beckton.
- London Charlton.
- London Ealing Common.
- London Hammersmith.
- London Old Kent Road.
- London Staples Corner.
- London Streatham.
- London Walworth.
- Lowestoft.
- Manchester Trafford Park.
- Manchester (FV).
- Market Harborough.
- Merthyr Tydfil.
- Milton Keynes.
- Newhaven.
- Newport.
- Newton Abbot.
- Northallerton (within Barkers).
- Northampton.
- Northampton (FV).
- Norwich Sweet Briar.
- Nottingham Arnold.
- Nottingham Castle Meadow.
- Nuneaton.
- Oldbury.
- Orpington.
- Oswestry.
- Oxford.
- Oxford 2.
- Paisley.
- Perth.
- Poole Wessex Gate.
- Portsmouth.
- Preston.
- Rayleigh.
- Reading Reading Gate.
- Redditch.
- Reigate.
- Rochdale.
- Romford Gallows Corner.
- Romford Rom Valley.
- Rugby.
- Salisbury.
- Sevenoaks.
- Sheffield Atkinsons Dept.
- Sheffield Drakehouse.
- Sheffield Meadowhall.
- Shrewsbury.
- Sittingbourne.
- Slough.
- Solihull.
- South Ruislip.
- Southampton Nursling.
- Southend.
- Staines.
- Stamford.
- Stevenage.
- Stirling.
- Stockton Storeys.
- Sudbury.
- Sutton.
- Swansea Llansamlet.
- Tamworth.
- Taunton.
- Telford (FV).
- Thetford.
- Tonbridge.
- Torquay.
- Tunbridge Wells.
- Uddingston.
- Wakefield.
- Wallasey.
- Walton-on-Thames.
- Warrington Alban.
- Warrington Pinners Brow.
- Washington Hub.
- Waterlooville.
- Watford.
- Wednesbury (FV).
- Wellingborough.
- Welwyn Garden City.
- West Drayton.
- West Thurrock.
- Whitehaven.
- Winchester.
- Wisbech.
- Wokingham.
- Wolverhampton.
- Worcester.
- Worksop.
- Wrexham.
- York Clifton Moor.
- York (FV).
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