Thousands of UK retail workers are being furloughed as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. Here's who has been impacted.

Ted Baker furloughed around 2,000 staff at the start of April.Getty

• Numerous household names in British retail are furloughing staff amid the coronavirus pandemic.
• These include the department stores John Lewis and Fortnum & Mason, clothing chains Primark and Ted Baker, as well as grocery store chain Waitrose and fashion retail giant Arcadia Group.
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As the coronavirus pandemic shutters numerous UK businesses, the country's retail sector is being upended in a dramatic fashion.

British brands such as Primark, John Lewis, and the "Queen's grocer," Fortnum & Mason, are among those to have utilized the government's worker retention scheme, furloughing thousands of employees.

Here are some of the biggest names impacted: