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flag Dobbies UK garden center chain plans to close 17 stores due to high rent costs and improve profitability.

flag Dobbies, a UK garden center chain, plans to close 17 stores, including 11 larger sites and six Little Dobbies, due to high rent costs and to improve profitability. flag This will affect 465 of its 3,600 employees, leaving 60 centers operational. flag The closures are expected by year-end, pending restructuring plan approval. flag Dobbies is also negotiating temporary rent reductions for nine other locations. flag The company is under the management of Ares Management, an American investor.

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