The UK’s multiple retailers closed 20 stores a day on average across the UK between January and the end of May this year, according to data compiled on behalf of PwC by the Local Data Company (LDC). The data also revealed that across multiple retailers in 300 town centres, clothes, shoe shops and jewellers have been amongst the hardest hit in 2011. Supermarkets, convenience stores and cafes have bucked the trend showing growth in the first half of the year.