© Provided by Daily Mail General Pants is closing all stores until at least April 22 due to the coronavirus fallout

General Pants, Smiggle, and Peter Alexander have temporarily closed due to the coronavirus fallout.

The brands are owned by tycoon Solomon Lew's Premier Investments which announced a shutdown of Australian stores will start today at 6pm.

Around 9,000 of the company's staff around the world will be stood down without pay until at least April 22.

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The company said it does not intend to pay rent on any of its stores. Around 70 per cent of its leases in Australia and New Zealand run out this year or are already expired.

The group's bosses will be working from home without pay.

© Provided by Daily Mail Smiggle is also owned by Solomon Lew's Premier Investments which announced the shut down

Chief executive Mark McInnes said: 'This is the hardest decision ever made by Premier- our team are our family and we want to do everything we can to keep them employed, but we believe that it is necessary and the right decision for them, their families, our customers, and the country.'

He added: 'Premier's brands and company are strong and with the support of all our employees we will overcome this global health pandemic and bounce back and thrive at the earliest opportunity.'

RAG Group, which owns Tarocash, YD and Connor, is closing 500 stores and standing down 3,000 workers from 5pm on Friday.

Meanwhile, Accent Group - which owns Athlete's Foot, Platypus and Hype - has announced it is closing 522 stores and standing down around 5,000 staff.

The company will close all stores from 5pm on Friday for four weeks.

During the stand-down period, employees will continue to accrue entitlements and may access their annual and long service leave entitlements.

© Provided by Daily Mail Peter Alexander is among the stores that is having to close down due to the coronavirus © Provided by Daily Mail Tarocash is also closing all of its stores in Australia, standing down thousands of staff

The Group will continue to trade through its 18 websites and wholesale business.

Accent Group CEO Daniel Agostinelli said: 'It is with a heavy heart that we have made this decision, but we believe this to be in the best interests of the health and wellbeing of our team members.

'The Company intends to do everything possible to return the business to normal operations when environmental conditions normalise whilst always prioritising the safety and wellbeing of our team'.

© Provided by Daily Mail The Accent Group, which owns Athlete's Foot, Platypus (pictured) and Hype, has announced it is closing 522 stores and standing down around 5,000 staff © Provided by Daily Mail Flight Centre has announced 3,800 job losses in Australia - and 6,000 globally - after the Prime Minister banned going overseas

ALH pub group has stood down 8,000 workers and jeweller Michael Hill has told 2,500 people they no longer have a job.

Flight Centre has announced 3,800 job losses in Australia - and 6,000 globally - after the Prime Minister banned going overseas.

The mass job losses have led to huge queues outside Centrelink offices around the country.