The stores will shut their doors for the final time within the next four weeks after the retailer was placed in receivership in December.

Across the country 44 stores will continue to trade.

The Harris Scarfe group has been offered for sale.

Deloitte Restructuring Services partner Vaughan Strawbridge says the move to close stores was a difficult decision but necessary to position the business for a successful sale.

The Warrnambool store is located at the Homemaker Centre.

It opened in 2007, with a huge line up of customers lining up for the first day of trade.