{"id":421612,"date":"2026-04-28T12:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/421612\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:36:10","slug":"claires-closes-all-ireland-and-uk-outlets-in-major-job-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/421612\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire’s closes all Ireland and UK outlets in major job loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claire\u2019s has shut down all of its standalone shops in Ireland and the UK after falling into financial woes.<\/p>\n

The accessory brand, which is known for its colourful stores and cheap jewellery, suffered major losses in recent years and fell into administration twice.<\/p>\n

Over 1,300 staff have been \u2018notified of redundancy\u2019 and 154 stores have been closed<\/a>, according to its administrators, Kroll.<\/p>\n

\"\"Claire\u2019s has shut down all of its standalone shops in Ireland and the UK. Pic: Mike Kemp\/In Pictures via Getty Images<\/p>\n

However, the brand\u2019s 356 concession stands will remain open.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Kroll stated: \u2018As of April 27, all Claire\u2019s standalone stores in the UK and Ireland have ceased trading. All store employees have been advised of redundancy.<\/p>\n

\u2018We understand an interested party is in discussion with a number of landlords with a view to taking new leases for some of the sites.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"\"Over 1,300 staff have been \u2018notified of redundancy\u2019 and 154 stores have been closed. Pic: Don and Melinda Crawford\/UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The bright purple Claire\u2019s sign<\/a> has been a standout feature of shopping centres across Ireland for years, with countless teenagers flocking there for a weekend shop.<\/p>\n

However, the emergence of cheaper online brands, such as Shein<\/a> or Temu, caused the outlets to slow in business.<\/p>\n

In January, Claire\u2019s owners Modella Capital remarked that a large part of the reason that the brand was put into administration was the very low Christmas trading that left it in a \u2018vulnerable\u2019 position.<\/p>\n

\"\"The US wing of Claire\u2019s is also struggling. Pic: Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Modella Capital had hired Kroll to oversee the administration earlier this year.<\/p>\n

To give context to the news, fashion expert Priya Raj told the BBC<\/a>: \u2018We\u2019ve moved away from novelty, colourful jewellery for the most part, which is what Claire\u2019s are best known for.<\/p>\n

\u2018If we think about teens today, they\u2019re looking at social media for influence on what to buy, rather than their local High Street or shopping centre.<\/p>\n

\u2018So naturally their tastes are evolving into what\u2019s mainstream right now \u2013 minimal jewellery, sometimes chunky, sometimes with a more curated look \u2013 basically not the cutesy, juvenile look that Claire\u2019s is known for.\u2019<\/p>\n

The US wing of Claire\u2019s is also struggling, filing for bankruptcy for the second time in 2025, after already having done so in 2018.<\/p>\n

The retailer was founded in the US and first moved over to the UK in 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claire\u2019s has shut down all of its standalone shops in Ireland and the UK after falling into financial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-421612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}