Your city has boasted its fair share of retail royalty down the decades thanks to a range of department stores which catered for bargain hunters and shopaholics. These photo memories showcase those stores who welcomed generations of shoppers before finally closing there doors for good. Which do you remember the most? And which would you like to see make a comeback? READ MORE: 26 Leeds shops you visited during the 1980s from the city centre to the suburbs LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. BHS
Remember BHS on Boar Lane? The department store was controversially sold by tycoon Sir Philip Green for £1 in 2015. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Topshop
Topshop stores closed during the pandemic after Deloitte, administrators for Arcadia group, sold the brand and stock to online retailer Asos. Leeds boasted three Topshop and Topman stores - based in Briggate, White Rose Shopping Centre and Kirkstall Bridge shopping park. | Simon Hulme Photo: Simon Hulme
3. Schofields
Schofields was among an elite number of city centre shops back in the day for shoppers looking to indulge in a dose of retail therapy. The Headrow store closed in 1996. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Virgin Megastore
The Virgin Megastore at the Leeds Shopping Plaza in Albion Street was opened in 1997 by owner Richard Branson. It closed in late November 2007, when all 125 Virgin Megastores in the UK and Ireland were rebranded as Zavvi. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. C&A
Much-loved fashion giant C&A - known affectionately as 'Coats and Ats' to shoppers - stood tall as a go to destination for bargain-hunters on Boar Lane for decades. Closed in 2001. | Claire Lim Photo: Claire Lim
6. Readmans
Readmans on Spence Lane was one of the most famous stores in Leeds for discounted clothes and homewares. At the turn of the century Readmans was up there with Harvey Nichols as one of the featured places to visit on a Leeds city shopping weekend. | YPN Photo: YPN