Shock as Lawsons announces its closure

HOMEWARE STORE TO SHUT AFTER 34 YEARS IN TAVISTOCK

- By ALISON STEPHENSON Local Democracy Reporter

LAWSONS homeware store in Tavis-tock will close after 34 years in February, it has been announced.

The “difficult decision” was made after no one suitable came forward to continue the business as a going concern, despite it being on the market for two years.

The building, in Parkwood Road, has been sold to Julian Foye, a family-owned furniture retailer in Cornwall. This will be the firm’s first showroom in Devon.

Lawsons, which has been in operation for 120 years, will continue to keep its stores in Totnes and Ivybridge open.

Its Plymouth store closed in 2020 after 116 years, with bosses citing a change in shopping habits, the decline in the high street and Covid-19 as playing a part.

In a letter to Lawsons customers involved in a membership scheme, managing director Liz Lawson said: “I know this will come as a shock to our loyal customers in Tavistock. Lawsons means a great deal not only to me, my family, our hardworking team and to you our loyal customers.