Marks & Spencer will close its flagship Glasgow store later this month in response to ‘changing consumer habits'.
It comes as another blow to the UK's high streets amid a demolition of its main store in Oxford Street, London.
The Glasgow branch, locked on Sauchiehall Street, will shut on April 30.
M&S said it found alternative roles elsewhere for the majority of the store’s employees.
M&S’s regional manager David Bates said the company was in discussions with a potential partner to take on the Art Deco site for “complementary” alternative use for the site.
Having opened in 1935, it doubled the supermarket’s store space in the city and was the first of its Scottish shops to feature a café.
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It also saw staff wearing co-ordinated uniforms for the first time, with dark dresses and starched white collars.
A refurbishment project took 18 months and culminated in a grand reopening in August 1985, with special guest Mickey Mouse officially opening the store.
Bates said: “Shopping habits are changing, and this means we need to focus our investment on the right stores in the right places so we can provide the very best shopping experience for our Glasgow customers.”
As part of the “transformation”, in January Bates announced the closure of the Sauchiehall Street store.
“This means we can invest in our twelve other Glasgow stores including nearby M&S Argyle Street – so we keep pace with the demands of our customers today and in the future,” he said.
“We’ve worked hard to find alternative roles with M&S for as many colleagues as possible and have achieved this for the majority of those affected.
“Our priority is supporting everyone through these changes. We would like to thank all our brilliant Sauchiehall St colleagues – past and present – and all our Glasgow customers who have shopped with us in this store.
“We want to make sure our existing site finds a complementary alternative use for the area, and we are in discussions with a potential partner. We will keep the community updated as these developments progress.”
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is meanwhile reconsidering plans to demolish Marks & Spencer’s flagship store on Oxford Street after backlash from the public.
City Hall has said the proposals to demolish the site will be reviewed after it initially said it did not want to intervene with the plans.
In January, architect Simon Sturgis wrote a report arguing that knocking down the building was inconsistent with tackling the climate crisis.
The Mayor of London will now take Sturgis’ findings into account while he revisits the planning decision.
The Oxford Street building is expected to make way for a 10-storey site. It was approved by Westminster City Council in November.
M&S previously said that 90% of materials from the existing site will be reused in the construction of the new building, and once finished will have a higher sustainability rating than the current one.
The company is in discussions with the relevant authorities.
Under its plans, the retailer will occupy two and a half floors rather than the five currently used, with office space filling the upper floors.
“The planning process is still ongoing, with the City of Westminster yet to issue its planning decision,” A Mayor of London spokesperson said.
“The initial assessment of the plans by City Hall thoroughly considered the issue of carbon emissions. This found that the carbon saving of the refurbishment of the existing building would be countered by its poor energy efficiency, and the refurbished buildings would have a larger total carbon footprint than a new build.
“Following its initial report, City Hall has since published new guidance on carbon emissions and officials are considering an updated report to include further analysis of the carbon emissions of the proposed demolition.”
In November 2016, the high street chain said that it had marked 100 low-performing stores for closure or change as part of a big 10-year restructuring plan.
Stores closures began in April 2017 m when the first six stores were announced for closure.
In May 2018, M&S then announced that it was accelerating its plans with over 100 clothes stores due to close by 2022.
