Kingston's famous retail offering faces a significant overhaul after three major chains went into administration and a supermarket announced it would close.

Lidl said its store in Adams Walk, off Eden Street, would change hands, while BHS in Alderman Judge Mall and Austin Reed in the Bentall Centre may face closure to customers in the coming months after administrators were called in.

Cargo, in Eden Walk, is set to close its doors and trade online.

A spokeswoman for German budget supermarket chain Lidl said its Kingston town centre store would close in June.

She said: “The site no longer accommodates the requirements of our new store concept.”

She added that current employees at the Kingston store had been offered alternative positions in Wimbledon.

While Lidl staff have been given alternative job placements, staff at BHS, Cargo and Austin Reed might not be so lucky.

BHS collapsed into administration earlier this week leaving a multi-million pound tax bill and putting 11,000 jobs across the country at risk.

If crisis deals to find a buyer do not succeed it will be the biggest retail failure since Woolworths folded in 2008.

A BHS spokesman said: "The group has been undergoing restructuring and the shareholders have been in negotiations to find a buyer for the business. These negotiations have been unsuccessful.

"Consequently the group is very unlikely to meet all contractual payments. The group will continue to trade as usual whilst the administrators seek to sell it as a going concern.

"Further announcements will be made as appropriate in due course.”

Austin Reed, which is based in the Bentall Centre went into administration on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the 116-year-old upmarket men’s tailor blamed a “challenging” retail market.

Cargo has been trading in London since 1876. 

Despite a 2015 merger with Bensons for Beds, the furniture store's 46 shops are due to close in the coming months. 

A spokesman for the company said Cargo would be 'maintaining an online presence'. 

Kingston Council leader Kevin Davis said: “One of the things Kingston faces is the change in the nature of retail.

"We rely so much on the promotions aspect of the town centre retail but, something we are going to have to face up to is that the nature of retail is changing.

"Its very interesting that one of the stores closing down is BHS, which is very much how retail was. It is a big department store selling lots of goods.

"We know after discussions going on over planning applications in the town centre that the trend is for smaller or independent stores, so we are going to see more of that happening.”