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A popular fashion accessories store in the Crescent Shopping Centre is to close its doors File image
ANOTHER blow to Limerick’s retail sector is looming, with fashion accessories chain Claire’s set to close its store in the Crescent Shopping Centre.
Claire's is being put into administration, RTÉ has reported after their owner said "last-ditch" measures had fallen through.
This means 1,355 employees in the UK and Ireland at 154 Claire's shops will be put at risk.
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Claire's called in administrators for its UK and Ireland operations in September 2024 after filing for bankruptcy in the United States. Investment firm Modella Capital bought the majority of the company's operations and assets from administrators.
Claire's on Cruises St in the city centre closed last October but their store in the Crescent Shopping Centre had continued trading.
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