'Childhood memories' - why nostalgia wasn't enough to save Claire's
Experts says Claire's suffered from a perfect storm of issues which has spelled the end for the accessories chain.
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'Childhood memories' - why nostalgia wasn't enough to save Claire's7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleRachel ClunBusiness reporterBBCFriends Taylor Crouch (left) and Lucy Craddock are sad about the closure of Claire'sIt wasn't long ago that friends Lucy Craddock and Taylor Crouch had shopped at Claire's. But when they walked past on Tuesday, the once colourful store was covered in hoarding after all shops closed."It's very sad, because it's [our] childhood," says Lucy outside the former Claire's on Oxford Street in central London.
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