{"id":118926,"date":"2023-09-12T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=118926"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:23:46","slug":"inside-one-of-last-wilkos-stores-with-depressing-music-and-sad-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/world-news\/inside-one-of-last-wilkos-stores-with-depressing-music-and-sad-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside one of last Wilkos stores with depressing music and sad Christmas tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beloved British low-cost chain store Wilko is just days away from disappearing from our high streets for good.<\/p>\n

The company went into administration last month, and despite attempts to save it by the owner of HMV and others, it now appears that all hope is gone with the closure of all 400 stores closing for good by the end of this month.<\/p>\n

Fellow discount chain Poundland has confirmed that it will be buying 71 stores, but it will rebrand them to its own image.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: All 400 Wilko stores to close next month as rescue deal to save chain falls through<\/b><\/p>\n

So with the iconic red signs about to leave our streets, I took a trip to one of the few still open to see what it was like inside . . . and I needed a stiff drink afterwards.<\/p>\n

Manchester's Arndale shopping centre's Wilko store is one of the biggest at the site.<\/p>\n

It's closure will leave a giant two-floor store, in prime position right in the centre of the city.<\/p>\n

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The exterior of the store is plastered with giant yellow closing down sale signs, with some specifically calling it an \u201cadministration sale\u201d.<\/p>\n

For some odd reason, and in one possible last act of defiance from the small team of staff remaining, the store was blasting out depressing tunes I've never heard of but I did pick up on the lyrics of one song that said \u201cwe won't go quietly, we are still here\u201d.<\/p>\n

Very melancholic.<\/p>\n

I wouldn't be far wrong if I estimated that around 70% of the shelves are entirely empty, with very few bargains remaining.<\/p>\n

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