Quiz Fashion Chain Administration Closes 37 Stores by June
Quiz fashion chain administration has moved into its final phase, with the retailer shutting its remaining 37 UK stores after entering administration for the second time in under a year. The closure run began in June and is now working through a short list of sites, leaving the chain with only a few days between one shutdown and the next.
Alistair McAlinden, head of Interpath in Scotland and joint administrator, said shoppers should visit their local store as the final closing down sale began. That gives customers a brief window to buy from the remaining branches before each one closes, while leaving the company’s high street footprint set to disappear by the end of June.
June 14 starts the shutdown
The Basingstoke branch at Festival Place closed on June 14, while the Carlisle and Eastbourne outlets were set to close at midday on June 14. Those three sites mark the first clear cut in the chain’s remaining estate, with the closures arriving just weeks after Quiz said it would wind down all 37 stores.
June 16 brought the next step, when the Watford store was slated to close, followed by Clydebank on June 17 and Irvine on June 19. Portsmouth was anticipated to close on June 20, with Castleford expected around the same time, compressing the final shutdown into a tight sequence that gives local shoppers little time to act.
Interpath handles the exit
Interpath Advisory’s Alistair McAlinden and Geoff Jacobs are managing the closure process, turning a full-store estate reduction into a managed wind-down rather than a single-day exit. Geoff Jacobs said in May: “We’d once again like to say a huge thank you to Quiz staff who have shown such dedication and professionalism under difficult circumstances.”
More than 100 head office and warehouse jobs were put at risk when Quiz entered administration on February 5, and the company had already collapsed in February 2025 before being bought in a pre-pack deal by a subsidiary of the founding Ramzan family. The closure plan does not include Quiz concessions in New Look and Matalan stores in the UK, which remain outside the administration and unaffected.
Remaining stores run out
Quiz announced in May that it would shut its remaining 37 stores by the end of June, after the chain entered administration for the second time in under a year. As the closing-down sale continues, the practical decision for customers is immediate: shop now at local branches that are still open, because the list of stores is shrinking day by day and the remaining UK high street presence is being wound down in public view.
The pace of the closures matters because the chain is not pausing for a long restructuring period. It is moving straight through the remaining branches, and the final date on the calendar is less important to customers than the store-by-store deadlines already passing this week.
