Why would a shop repeatedly close down and then re-open?

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About five or six years ago a new shop opened in my local city centre. It sold decorative homewares - baskets, little tables, fancy shelves, garden ornaments, etc. A few months later it had a "closing down, everything must go" sale, with everything at knock-down prices, and the shop stood empty for a while ... and then it re-opened, with identical stock. This has now happened so many times that I've lost count. It's just "closed down" again today, but I expect it will be back before too long. What on earth is going on? Is it some sort of scam?

Money laundering maybe?

Money laundering scam? You don't have to declare certain info if your business is under a year old so businesses open, close reopen etc.

Unrelated but there was lots of info on the American sweet shops recently
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/04/us-sweet-shops-rip-off-customers-business-rates-owners

You don't have to declare certain info if your business is under a year old so businesses open, close reopen etc

Ah! I didn't know that. Yes, it could be, couldn't it?

Probably selling inferior products. You can't return items if the shop is no longer trading. It wouldn't surprise me if the "owner" was different each time too. This is why I refuse to buy anything from a pop up shop, there's zero legal support for the customers.

Otherwise money laundering.

laundering or a sales technique

Money laundering. We've got one near us. Closed for most of the time, opens for a few weeks then goes again. But their accounts show a healthy profit

There was a shop like this in the town where I went to uni! Sold various things- homewards, bit of stationery, small clothing items like socks/hats/gloves.

I always wondered why - maybe money laundering/avoiding bankruptcy if that's possible etc.