Fashion retailer Quiz has entered administration for the second time in less than 12 months and is now set to disappear from the UK high street, with administrators overseeing the closure of its remaining 37 stores
A major UK fashion chain will soon disappear from the high street (stock)(Image: Mike Kemp, In Pictures via Getty Images)
Quiz is poised to shut its remaining 37 stores across the UK following the firm’s plunge into administration. The company fell into administration on February 5 for the second time in under a year and is now destined to vanish from the high street.
Quiz announced it was going to shut its remaining 37 stores by the end of June back in May after hiring administrators from advisory firm Interpath in February. They said the chain had been suffering a “tough start” to 2026. Administrators Alistair McAlinden and Geoff Jacobs of Interpath Advisory are currently managing the closure process.
Quiz did not confirm how many workers will be impacted by the closures. More than 100 head office and warehouse jobs were put at risk when it entered administration.
Quiz had been offering ‘final liquidation’ sales at its remaining stores (Image: Daily Record/Rachel Williams)
It marked the second time Quiz had fallen into administration in a year, having collapsed in February 2025 before immediately being bought in a so-called pre-pack deal by a subsidiary of the founding Ramzan family.
Today (June 14) will witness the closure of the Basingstoke branch at Festival Place, with an additional four branches due to close this weekend.
The Carlisle and Eastbourne outlets are set to close their doors at midday on June 14, reports Birmingham Live. The Watford store is slated to close on June 16, followed by Clydebank on June 17 and Irvine on June 19.
Quiz previously confirmed all its stores would shut by the end of June(Image: Quiz Clothing)
Portsmouth is anticipated to close on June 20, with Castleford expected to follow suit around the same time.
Quiz concessions in New Look and Matalan stores in the UK are not included in the administration and remain unaffected.
Locations of the final 37 branches:
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Bracknell, Berkshire
- Cardiff, Wales
- Carlisle, Cumbria
- Castleford, West Yorkshire
- Clydebank, Scotland
- Craigavon, Northern Ireland
- Derby, Derbyshire
- Dunfermline, Scotland
- Eastbourne, East Sussex
- Gateshead Metro, Tyne and Wear
- Glasgow Braehead, Scotland
- Glasgow Buchanan Galleries, Scotland
- Glasgow Fort, Scotland
- Glasgow St Enoch, Scotland
- Hanley, Staffordshire
- Hull, East Yorkshire
- Inverness, Scotland
- Irvine, Scotland
- Leicester, Leicestershire
- Livingston, Scotland
- Manchester Arndale, Greater Manchester
- Manchester Trafford Centre, Greater Manchester
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Merry Hill, West Midlands
- Newry, Northern Ireland
- Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
- Northampton, Northamptonshire
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Sheffield Meadowhall, South Yorkshire
- Stirling, Scotland
- Telford, Shropshire
- Thurrock Lakeside, Essex
- Warrington, Cheshire
- Watford, Hertfordshire
Speaking back in May, Alistair McAlinden, head of Interpath in Scotland and joint administrator, said: “As we head into the May bank holiday weekend, we would encourage shoppers to visit their local store as we commence our final closing down sale.”
Geoff Jacobs, managing director at Interpath and fellow joint administrator, said: “We’d once again like to say a huge thank you to Quiz staff who have shown such dedication and professionalism under difficult circumstances.”
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