A gift and homeware shop in Mumbles is closing down less than three years after opening its doors to customers.
Based on Mumbles Road, Neon Sheep sells clothing, homeware, accessories, gifts and cards and is set to shut down permanently in the coming days.
Staff at the adjoining Mountain Warehouse store say they believe Mountain Warehouse will be taking the unit on, potentially for its pet accessories range, though this has not yet been confirmed.
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Neon Sheep's only other store in Wales, in Abergavenny, is also set to close down in the coming days, WalesOnline understands, whilst Neon Sheep stores in both Lincoln and Eastbourne in England closed down last week.
WalesOnline's sister site LincolnshireLive reported that Lincoln's Neon Sheep is set to be replaced by Mountain Warehouse, but no jobs will be lost in the changeover as both businesses are part of the same company.
No official date has been given for when either Neon Sheep store in Wales will close, but WalesOnline has contacted Neon Sheep several times for this information.
Neon Sheep was set up in 2018 by the founder of Mountain Warehouse, Mark Neale, who drew inspiration from popular high street accessories and gift stores Tiger, Hema, Smiggle and Oliver Bonas.
At the start of 2022, it had around a dozen stores in England and Wales - but some of them are understood to have closed down already, or be closing down in the coming weeks.
The news comes as two more stores have announced they'll be leaving Swansea city centre in the coming weeks.
Valley Mill in Union Street is closing its branch on February 26, 2022 to relocate to a new unit in Swansea Enterprise Park, Llansamlet.
And The Card Market on Oxford Street is also set to close its doors on February 26.
Valley Mill in Union Street had sold Welsh slate and ceramic gift items ever since opening its doors in April, 2016.
The store announced the closure of its city centre branch on social media, offering a 25% relocation sale that's valid until Saturday, February 26, 2022.
One person commented on the post, stating: "Another nail in the High Street coffin," while another said: "One of the few nice shops in the city centre."
In 2021, WalesOnline reported that one in seven retail units in the UK were now empty.
Swansea city centre has lost Topshop, Debenhams, BHS, Miss Selfridge, What! and shoe retailer Office, to name a few, with Next set to shut in March.
The city is seeing new arrivals elsewhere, however, and there is the hope of exciting developments to come as part of the Copr Bay project, as well as a new Greggs bakery set to open as part of a huge new student development in the city centre.
Swansea's struggles are similar to other city centres, with the impact of the Covid pandemic and lower footfall with many workers now based at home, affecting the viability of high streets.
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