Toast - Mothercare's UK Stores

About this episode

<p>Why did Mothercare have to close all of their UK stores?</p><p>Sean Farrington discovers what happened to the baby goods retailer which once dominated the high street. </p><p>Alongside him, analysing Mothercare's fortunes, is the entrepreneur, Sam White.</p><p>The pair hear from Tim Curtis who once ran Mothercare's website, catalogue and home delivery service; Amena Khan, a loyal Mothercare customer and Richard Lim, CEO of Retail Economics. </p><p>They chart the highs and the lows and learn how Mothercare continues to trade today, albeit in a different form. </p><p>Produced by Jon Douglas and Shanaye Mainoo-Magnone. Toast is a BBC Audio North production for Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.</p><p>You can email the programme at toast@bbc.co.uk</p><p>Feel free to suggest topics which could be covered in future episodes.</p><p>Sliced Bread returns for a new batch of investigations in May. In the new series, Greg Foot will investigate more of the latest so-called wonder products to find out whether they really are the best thing since sliced bread. In the meantime, Toast is available in the Sliced Bread feed on BBC Sounds.</p>