An entire generation of tweenagers could be missing out on a rite of passage: getting your ears pierced by a 20-year-old behind a Claire’s shop window, while your mum hovers nervously nearby, and you ...

Claire’s bankruptcy is more than just a decline of bricks-and-mortar retail – it feels like the end of a whole generation of tweenagers. Sign up to Metro's The Slice newsletter for your guide to ...