Jersey's Topshop to remain closed

A spokesperson for the Arcadia Group says the store will not reopen after it went into administration last year. Online fashion retail giant Asos has recently bought the brand. Credit: ITV Channel TV

Jersey's Topshop store will remain closed.

Other shops in Jersey are set to re-open tomorrow (Wednesday 3 February) as part of an easing of restrictions.

However a spokesperson from Arcadia says this will not be the case for Topshop in St Helier after the company went into administration at the end of November last year.

The online fashion retailer Asos has confirmed it has sealed the takeover of Topshop and three other brands from the collapse of the Arcadia retail empire.

It has now bought the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands from administrators for a deal reported to be valued anywhere between £265 million and £330 million.

Asos says that it will take on around 300 employees as part of the deal, but this will not include any of the brands’ stores.