Debenhams set to shutter after 242 years as pandemic hammers UK retail

Debenhams set to shutter after 242 years as pandemic hammers UK retail

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British department store group Debenhams is set to close all its UK shops after 242 years in business, putting 12,000 jobs at risk in the country’s second major corporate failure in as many days.

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