A number of prominent shops and popular department stores have closed their doors over the last three decades.
The Covid pandemic also saw a string of high street stores disappear as many buckled under the strain.
Here, the YEP focuses on a series of popular, big-name now-closed shops, that once stood in Leeds city centre.
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Here, the YEP focuses on a series of popular, big-name now-closed shops, that once stood in Leeds city centre.
![The retailer fell into administration in April 2020 in the throes of the Covid pandemic. It shut all of its UK stores, including Leeds' Queens Arcade shop.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZiOGQwNmU4LTljZDAtNDRjMC1hNWU1LTU0NGVlNWNmZGQ0NzoxYWIzMzk0Yy04ZWNkLTQwMmYtYTQwNC0yYzgzNjkwOTU2OWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Cath Kidston
The retailer fell into administration in April 2020 in the throes of the Covid pandemic. It shut all of its UK stores, including Leeds' Queens Arcade shop. Photo: Jane Barlow
![The last Debenhams shop in the country closed in May, 2021. The brand and website of the department store chain was bought by Boohoo for £55m but it did not take on the company’s 118 shops. Debenhams on Briggate in Leeds city centre served shoppers for years before it closed last year.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJkYThiZGI1LTkxM2ItNDdiMi1iNzNmLWFhM2RmNTc5ZDc3ODo2MWYzMGM4NS1mYjJkLTRlOGYtOGI4Ni0xYWJmZWQxMjI3Nzg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Debenhams
The last Debenhams shop in the country closed in May, 2021. The brand and website of the department store chain was bought by Boohoo for £55m but it did not take on the company’s 118 shops. Debenhams on Briggate in Leeds city centre served shoppers for years before it closed last year. Photo: James Hardisty
![Shoe shop Dolcis used to be based on the corner of Briggate where it meets Albion Place in Leeds city centre. The retailer closed the store and took its products online in 2012.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY3ZWI2NTJjLTEwMjUtNGI1Ni1hOWM5LWQ4MjJhNTZjNGRiNTo5MGE0MjdhMC1kM2QwLTQ4ZTUtYTgxNi03MzJkMzIxNmQ2Mjg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Dolcis
Shoe shop Dolcis used to be based on the corner of Briggate where it meets Albion Place in Leeds city centre. The retailer closed the store and took its products online in 2012. Photo: Fiona Hanson/PA
![Popular shop C&A was based on Boar Lane in Leeds. It was one of the first shops to sell the bikini and departed in 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY5ZTY1NWEwLWY2NDYtNDc4Ni1hYWJkLTYyMzdhM2I2YmM1MDo4YWMxNTQ2MC00MWRkLTQzMWQtOGI4MC0wODM5MDEwZDFhM2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. C&A
Popular shop C&A was based on Boar Lane in Leeds. It was one of the first shops to sell the bikini and departed in 2001. Photo: Claire Lim