Fashion chain Ted Baker to close its remaining Irish and UK stores this week

Fashion chain Ted Baker will close its stores on Grafton Street, Dublin and in Kildare Village outlet this week.

Its 31 remaining stores in the UK and Ireland will close before the end of the day on Tuesday and the website has also been pulled. Along with its own stores, the company operates concessions in Arnotts and Brown Thomas stores.

Some 513 employees across the UK and in its head office, and 78 in Ireland, are expected to be affected by the remaining closures. About 245 staff were made redundant after 15 shops were shut earlier in the year.

The company behind the fashion chain collapsed into administration in March.

Ted Baker was founded by Ray Kelvin, who opened his first shop in Glasgow in 1988, and the brand’s clothing and accessories are widely recognised for their patterns and florals.

Its future was put at risk when the firm behind its UK shops, No Ordinary Designer Label Limited (NODL), collapsed into administration in March.

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