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HerecomesMargo · 13/08/2025 16:08

I feel very sorry for the people who will lose their jobs. My dd is 3 and I went in for the very first time a few weeks ago. She had a blast choosing hair accessories but I spent almost £30 on absolute tat. I think their stores don’t have a space anymore because of all the other options, still sad though that 2k jobs are at risk.

OtherS · 13/08/2025 16:06

Very unhappy about the death of the high street, but not at all sorry about the death of Claire's Accessories. Nasty plastic Chinese crap that's destroying the environment. You can get much better for similar prices from local makers that is made without slave labour, and doesn't need shipping halfway across the world.

neverbeenskiing · 13/08/2025 16:04

I feel sorry for all the people who will lose their jobs but I'm not surprised. Their products are expensive and poorly made.

NotEnoughKnittingTime · 13/08/2025 16:04

cheesycheesy · 13/08/2025 16:01

Yeah who cares about all the job losses. Let’s just be gleeful that one less shop is on the high street.

Probably will only care when these workers have to claim UC though.

Icecreamandcoffee · 13/08/2025 16:01

I'm not surprised. As PP have said, it's very expensive for very low quality. My daughter conned my mum into buying her some hair bows from Claire's, nearly £10 for 4 hair bows. The clips broke on 2 of them after 3 wears. One bow became detached from the clip during the first wear. I bought almost identical bows off Temu on a lightning deal - 100 bows for £2 same quality. For her to wear them to school and loose them or break them at an alarming rate I am not playing Claire's prices.

cheesycheesy · 13/08/2025 16:01

Yeah who cares about all the job losses. Let’s just be gleeful that one less shop is on the high street.

EasternStandard · 13/08/2025 16:00

Littleredgoat · 13/08/2025 15:57

People aren't buying less plastic tat though, they're just getting it from elsewhere.

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True and if ordering through say Temu / other similar it’s not helping jobs and tax take here.

Motnight · 13/08/2025 15:59

Awful for all the staff. But I am surprised that it's lasted as long as it has to be honest.

Vitriolinsanity · 13/08/2025 15:59

EchoedSilence · 13/08/2025 15:46

No one on MN cares about the many women who will lose their jobs. More important that their precious kids stop asking for 'tat'

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The very same women that would have spent years stuffing same tat into party bags. Now their DD’s are older and “they haven’t been in there for YEARS”.

Littleredgoat · 13/08/2025 15:57

SpottyAardvark · 13/08/2025 15:32

I sympathise with the people who are going to lose their jobs, almost all of whom are presumably women.

But in a wider sense, is it really such a bad thing for the planet that a retailer of pointless throwaway plastic tat is going under?

People aren't buying less plastic tat though, they're just getting it from elsewhere.

StMarie4me · 13/08/2025 15:56

Moonnstars · 13/08/2025 15:53

Oh my daughter will be gutted. I had promised her a trip there at the end of the school holidays.

Does anyone know if they are still accepting vouchers? Gift vouchers as well as their own reward scheme? Thanks

Trading as normal atm as administrators yet to be appointed so I’d go quick!

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 13/08/2025 15:56

There is obviously still a demand for cheaper costume jewellery- but they are significantly more expensive than Sainsburys /Tescos, often not as stylish as similar priced costume jewellery stands in clothes shops.

Spanador · 13/08/2025 15:56

I will actually be a bit gutted about this. I've found them really useful for when a ball has fallen off my body jewellery, or when my nose stud has fallen out as I can just go in my local one and get a replacement straight away! Always found that really useful compared to ordering online and having to leave the jewellery out. I've always found their staff friendly and helpful too so it's very sad for them

StMarie4me · 13/08/2025 15:56

EchoedSilence · 13/08/2025 15:43

I think it's a bit shit to be glad so many people could lose their jobs.

100%

EasternStandard · 13/08/2025 15:55

EchoedSilence · 13/08/2025 15:46

No one on MN cares about the many women who will lose their jobs. More important that their precious kids stop asking for 'tat'

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I think on a broader level it’s sad to see various brands go under. Jobs are lost.

NotEnoughKnittingTime · 13/08/2025 15:54

OneNeatBlueOrca · 13/08/2025 15:24

Won't be sorry to see it go.
Sick of the pestering for their tat and their shoddy ear piercing.
Hopefully they'll find other uses for their pocket money now 💰

No thought for the staff as always.

GRCP · 13/08/2025 15:53

Absolute tat at eye watering prices

Moonnstars · 13/08/2025 15:53

Oh my daughter will be gutted. I had promised her a trip there at the end of the school holidays.

Does anyone know if they are still accepting vouchers? Gift vouchers as well as their own reward scheme? Thanks

TizerorFizz · 13/08/2025 15:52

I don’t think Claire’s were universally poor. They had decent enough things if you looked. There’s quite a good selection of Tat sold elsewhere. River Island might be in trouble too. We need to convert high streets to leisure areas and recreational spaces. Too many shops will be empty.

NewYorkSummer · 13/08/2025 15:49

Needmorelego · 13/08/2025 15:28

My daughter loves the place and
they do actually have nice pieces of jewellery.
What they needed to do is stop with "Buy three get three free" offers and just lower the individual prices.
Even Claire's obsessed daughter doesn't always want 6 things.

This. The prices are extortionate for saying it’s a shop basically aimed at children.

HolidayHattie · 13/08/2025 15:48

I've shopped there a few times because they sell clip earrings for non-pierced ears which the nicer designer jewellery shops never do.

Which reminds me - I bought a pair earlier this year but haven't worn them. Where are they?

TwilightAb · 13/08/2025 15:47

I'm not surprised. In my local Claires they practically pounce on you when you go in. The last time I was in there I found it incredibly over priced.

EchoedSilence · 13/08/2025 15:46

FenderStrat · 13/08/2025 15:42

The BBC reporting that 2150 jobs are at risk - for anybody who cares.

No one on MN cares about the many women who will lose their jobs. More important that their precious kids stop asking for 'tat'

ManchesterLu · 13/08/2025 15:44

I used to love Claire's when I was younger (25 years ago ish) and would plan trips to town just so I could grab some new bobbles and a mystery bag or two.

It doesn't surprise me that they're not as popular now, as I think young people today have a taste for designer things thanks to influencers - and Claire's aren't as cheap as they used to be.. quite the opposite in fact!

EchoedSilence · 13/08/2025 15:43

I think it's a bit shit to be glad so many people could lose their jobs.

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