FURNITURE store Walmsley became the latest casualty of the consumer spending downturn after collapsing into administration.
The business has more than 60 stores across the UK, although 25 have already been sold to a new owner by administrators from Leonard Curtis.
It is understood another 38 have closed, including stores in Kirkby and Skelmersdale.
The failure of Walmsley’s, which specialises in sofas, beds and dining furniture, follows the recent demise of Floors-2-Go, Lombok and the UK arm of Habitat.
