Administrators for the agency confirmed final month that its 400 shops would shut after rescue talks with potential suitors failed, with virtually all of its 12,500 employees dropping their jobs.
Here, the PA news company seems at what led to Wilko’s collapse and what the longer term might nonetheless maintain.
By 1941 it was merely often known as Wilkinson and grew as a {hardware} chain throughout UK excessive streets.
The firm, which simplified its identify additional to only Wilko in 2014, grew to function about 400 shops and make use of 12,500 individuals in each its outlets and Worksop headquarters earlier this 12 months.
