Huge store on Glasgow’s busiest shopping street CLOSES for months

A HUGE store on Glasgow’s busiest shopping street has closed its doors until at least the end of the year.

The Nike store on the city’s Buchanan Street has been shuttered by the sports brand according to a new sign on the shop’s door.

A sign read: “Nike Glasgow is now closed” with blinds closed around the window display and stock removed.

The shop ceased trading on May 12 with a new store expected to open in December 2024.

Planning permission for three changes to the shopfront, internal and external works and display signage submitted by the brand were approved by Glasgow City Council last month.

The sportswear brand first opened the flagship Scottish store within 130-year old listed building 13 years ago.

It was originally home of Wylie Hill department store and the famous Miss Cranston’s tea rooms before it was renovated by the global firm in 2011.

Nike have been approached for comment.

It comes as shoppers were left gutted after a major retailer with 1,200 branches closed one of its locations.

It comes as part of plans by the chain to move away from the high street and focus on its stores inside supermarkets.

 Argos, owned by Sainsbury’s, pulled down the shutters on its branch at the Palace Grounds Retail Park in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, last month.

Shoppers next nearest Argos branch can now be found in the Sainsbury’s Hamilton Superstore.

And elsewhere businesses in  Glasgow have been dealt another blow as more closures around the city centre have been introduced.

It comes as part of a new restriction to pedestrian movement under the controversial £115million Glasgow “Avenues” project.

The local authority’s flagship Avenue’s Programme hopes to improve the city centre’s main thoroughfares.

The aim of the project is to transform city centre streets to create attractive and people-focused high-quality places.

It is also set to form part of a network of pedestrian and cycle priority routes that will feature trees and rain gardens, enhanced lighting whilst bringing improved connectivity.

Work on the project will be carried out in several areas in the city centre, known as ‘Blocks’ in the council’s plans.