Outdoor clothing brand Trespass to permanently close its Peterborough Queensgate Shopping Centre store
Outdoor clothing brand Trespass has announced that its store in Peterborough’s Queensgate Shopping Centre is to close.
Notices have gone up in the windows of Trespass announcing that the store is ‘closing down’ and that ‘everything must go’.
Trespass, which also sells sports and camping gear, has about 300 stores across the country but the retailer has recently been closing some due to falling customer numbers.
Last year it closed 12 of its stores across the country and just two months ago shut its store in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Earlier this year, the owner of Trespass reported a pre-tax profit of £1.2 million for the year to June 30, 2024, down from the £9.6 million in the previous year.
Turnover fell from £127.4 million to £127.3 million over the same time.
News of the impending closure of Trespass, which was founded in 1984, comes just weeks after fashion retailer FatFace closed its store on the ground floor of the Queensgate on June 15.
Trespass has been approached for a response.
However, the number of retail closures at the Queensgate Shopping Centre has been outweighed by the rate of new openings.
Cosmetics brand Rituals has announced it is soon to open. Jeweller Lovisa opened recently and that follows new arrival such as Sostrene Grene, Beaverbrooks, TAG Heuer, Oriental Supermarket, Apple Blossom Pink, SportsTraders, Wumi Elegance, SPARX Charity, UNITY as well as the ODEON Cinemas Group
Retail giant Frasers is expected to open across three or four floors of the shopping centre this winter.