Nakumatt Supermarket has shut down five of its Westgate Mall located in Westlands Nairobi.
In a public notice, Nakumatt announced on Saturday that the branch would be closed from Sunday, October 8 "until further notice".
Westgate is the fourth key branch to be closed down in less than two months.
In February, the retailer shut its Ronald Ngala branch citing low sales and a branch in Uganda that had accumulated rent arrears estimated at about Sh8.5 Million.
It also shut down one of its two warehouses – where it stored imported goods as well as furniture and electronics on Mombasa Road.
In May, Nakumatt publicly announced plans to close its poorly performing branches in Kenya and Uganda as part of cost-cutting measures aimed at saving the retailer Sh1.5 Billion annually.
The announcement saw the Haile Selassie branch located at the Kenyatta University Plaza closed down.
Last month, the retailer shut down its Thika Road Mall (TRM) branch, barely a month after closing its outlet at the NextGen Mall on Mombasa Road.
Nakumatt and Tuskys recently announced that confidential merger talks were ongoing, but a formal agreement was yet to be reached.
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