Not surprised. My local one existed in a city centre mall - I was always popping in there for bits and it was always busy. Then they relocated to an out of town retail park, due, I think, to lower rents. The store is lovely and bright and helpful staff, but it's a pain to get there. And then, the stock is rubbish. They didn't have any nursing tops when I went in once - another time, in February, they didn't have any children's cardigans or jumpers at all as 'we've moved on to summer stock now'.
That said, favourite memory- we tried for ages to have DD1 and at the start of the pregnancy, I had a big bleed and we were told we had probably lost her. Whilst I waited for the EPU scan to determine if she'd survived or not, I went to Mothercare and bought a single cuddly baby towel with a duck hood. If she hadn't made it, that was going to be my one memento of her, the one thing I would ever buy for her.
......In fact, she did, and that towel is still being used today by her toddler siblings!!