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to fight The British retailer has been strong in recent years, and many brands were going in the administration.

not everyone can do it But it is sure a rescue deal with its creditors, and, in some cases, once-popular well-known names have disappeared from British High Streets.

Here is a look at some of the biggest names we've lost in the last ten years, and what went wrong.

Toys R UsUS toy-store giant Toys R Us in April of 2018, after filing for creditor protection in September 2017. The Asian shops are still opened, after he has been sold to Fung Retailing, and A Number of other lenders in November 2018.

"It was heartbreaking, because the consumer want to buy The Best brands of toys for your children," retail expert Kate Hardcastle told the BBC. "Toys R Us had a huge, unnecessary stock, and they could have assigned a new function, for the experience, But you missed the target completely. "

she added that the UK is suffering High streets under a "second-rate-retail-experience", where the dealers do not bother, do not update your store design and infrastructure, often because they feel the need to, in competition with other retailers.

BordersThe Borders-book-store-chain, which will be offered, a cafe and a comfortable browsing experience for books, music and movies, broke in the UK in June 2009 . The US business, followed two years later,

The Face of tough competition from supermarkets, online sales and digital books>.

"I miss borders, it has a personality," says retail analyst Chris Field . "You did what the retailers are called upon Now to do the injection of personality and interaction in shops, with concerts and events. "

the blame for the demise of the borders on Amazon: "people could suddenly buy from a wide range and you could get to deliver the book you wanted, a ridiculous price, and they were ready to free of charge within 24 hours. The people could not believe it. "

BHSUK Department Store chain British Home Stores (BHS), after efforts to rescue a deal over two months fell through.

The dealer, who was 88 years old and had a discount of 163 stores had been struggling with debts of More Than £1. 3bn, including a pension deficit of £571m.

", BHS had the shop, the 'tea and cake'. She did not see who was there went different than people who are retired, to meet friends," explains Ms Hardcastle.

"Although it had a focus on the community, it was really dull in his offer, his fashion was very interesting, your Christmas goods always offers discounted early - strategically, it was very vanilla. "

the Mr field. He says he admires what the Arcadia retail Empire owner Sir Philip Green had in buying BRAS, and then turn it, although these efforts stagnated, finally, because BHS have failed.

"He was a great market, dealer, and had a good eye for what would sell, he said to the staff, But over time that went Away and it stayed up and running. It got lost Somewhere Between the upscale retailers and discounters, such as Primark," he says.

staples stationery store chain Staples disappeared from The High streets in 2016, after the UK arm of his business.

staples its European business under review had placed " in may 2016, after he was forced to abandon a $6. 3bn merger with another US office supplies giant Office reasons Depot On Competition .

Mr field said that the problem with the brackets was that it existed only for "emergency" purchases, where a consumer go to a store to get in an emergency, an item that you desperately need to complete a task.

"There is no joy in it at all, so if you want The Greatest in comfort and The Best price, then I'm afraid online will give you this," he says.

"And if you are online, you are in control, and you can go from business to business on-line, in contrast to a single Staples store and find out that you have what you want and that you wasted a single trip. "

blockbuster, block Buster was a very popular video-rental chain, which had More Than 9,000 retail outlets around The World .

Blockbuster corporate-owned US and UK stores to to fight while in privately owned franchises more. But only one remains today, opened in Bend, Oregon .

Blockbuster a few stores in The Past few years, has been closed According to Mrs. Hardcastle, Blockbuster, cool place to Young People on a Saturday Night in the 1980s and 1990s.

"Blockbuster was the Social Network in the retail sector. It was The Place to be, hang on would you there, you were one of the Cool Kids . It was the icon," she says.

she thinks it's a shame, The Business failed, as it expects Blockbuster should have a rental in the DVD mail-order delivery Service , that Netflix began with.

"It was A Brand that made hay when The Sun is shining, But it had no money to invest in the brands. "

MaplinMaplin was one of the UK's largest electronics retailers, with 200 stores and 2,300 employees. To secure it after talks with the buyers-sale failed. Its last store to close. June 2018.

Like many other High Street chains, the retailer has been hit by a slump in the pound according to the Brexit vote in 2016, and weak consumer confidence.

"I loved Maplin," says Mr field. "The in-store experience was great for geeks and gadget lovers, But I don't think it's understood, as you gain a larger part of the population.

"It was too geeky, too complicated and nerdy, to. Online, you blew them Away - she didn't understand that she needed to have a better online offer. "

tie rack, the international accessories chain, Tie Rack was once so popular that it boasted 450 stores worldwide and was considered a symbol of the Eighties, entrepreneurship.

once upon a time, the train station and airport, selling every possible pattern and permutation of neckwear - Stripes , polka dots, plain, and not forgetting comedy ties.

But , the dealer broke in November 2013, after ties fell out of fashion with the more casually dressed Twitter generation and Tie Rack succumbed to The Twin threats of global recession and Online Shopping .

"It was very convenient, since it was traveling in many places and you could catch, the people for whom it was an emergency purchase - The Men leaving had to have their ties, and women would go out and buy a tie for your husband or boyfriend. But it was never a survivor," says Mr field.

"you have a very lazy towards the end, when the whole thing was of accountants, managing just tried to and the cost. "

pound world discount were founded in dealer pound world, in 1974, was once The Place to go to get a good price on common household items. It had 335 branches and employs More Than 5,100 people, But , unfortunately, in recent years, it struggled with the tough competition on The High Street from rivals such as Poundland and pound stretcher.

The dealer was also affected by the decline in the value of the pound after 2016 Brexit referendum, which pushed up The Price of the imported goods.

"It is a marketplace, where they sell a lot of stuff that you need to make a good basket sizes, in order to make a Profit . But it was a very crowded market," said Mrs Hardcastle.

Mr field agreed, noting that in some cities in the UK, pound world was often very close to its competitors, to the extent that it was difficult, between the various discounters.

Barratts Barratts shoes was a Shoe manufacturer and a chain of High Street Shoe shops, established in Munich in 1903. At the peak of his popularity, he has More Than 400 stores boasted and was known as a place to purchase the school shoes, which were cheaper than the "ambitious brands," Clark says Mrs Hardcastle.

But in the 1990s and early 2000s, Barratts was hit by strong competition from cheaper foreign imported shoes. It went into administration, Three Times , and 61 of the remaining 75 stores closed.

Barratts is Now almost solely as an online retail brand owned by entrepreneur Harvey Jacobsen and Simon Robson, a former buying and merchandising Director of Barratts.

"It was not a real Service - it was a terrible place," says Mr field. "Barratts don't really stand for Anything - they were not the cheapest on The High Street. There was a reason to visit, and it was all own-label - she had no marks at all. There was no fashion element. "

Phones4UMobile phones retailers in September 2014, the closure of the entire possession of More Than 700 stores in the UK and in the calculation of 5,596 jobs. At the time, it's More Than £200m in debt.

Phones4U collapsed, if it is vital-offers lost. As an independent dealer, it is based sell on agreements with EE and Vodafone-to their services But both pulled out of negotiations to agree fresh contracts.

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Source of news: bbc.com