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MUJI HAS CLEARED OUT OF ITS SPOT ON BIRMINGHAM'S BUSIEST STREET AFTER 24 YEARS, 11 MONTHS 05:00, 21 Feb 2025 A Birmingham New Street shop has closed just three weeks before it was set

to celebrate 25 years on the busy road. Japanese brand Muji sold minimalist clothing, homewares and more at 40-42 New Street and has outlived a great number of retailers on the busy

Birmingham thoroughfare. It opened to customers in the city for the first time on Saturday, April 8, 2000. READ MORE: SHOP THAT SURVIVED FOR SIX YEARS IN SHADOW OF WORLD'S BIGGEST

PRIMARK TO LEAVE BIRMINGHAM WIN: WIN DINNER FOR FOUR WITH COCKTAILS AND WINE AT ONE OF BIRMINGHAM'S MOST BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANTS It marked its closure with a brief sale last week before

closing for good. Article continues below Work is already underway on a new retailer due to arrive in March and we'll have more information on that for you later today (Friday, February

21), so be sure to sign up to our CityLife free newsletter (it's under 'Lifestyle') so you stay in the loop. Muji first opened in Japan back in 1980 and it grew in popularity

across Britain after it opened in London in 2001. Last March, the European arm of Muji called in administrators and said that it would be restructuring the business, with no store closures

or job losses expected. Article continues below A rescue deal was secured the following month, according to reports. Instagram user @LauraGale posted about the closure online writing

'goodbye Muji Birmingham'. Federica Mirra commented: "Oh noooo!" while Emma Bowen said: "NOOOOOOOOOO! Literally the ONLY shop I can buy clothes."