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Tesco to close last 6 Homeplus stores in UK

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Published Wed, May 13, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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BRITAIN's biggest retailer Tesco is to close the remaining six Homeplus stores in its home market, bringing the curtain down on the non-food retail business with the potential loss of about 450 jobs.

Tesco said on Tuesday that the stores in Bristol, Bracknell, Nottingham, Denton, Bromborough and Preston will close on June 27.

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