Administration News in the Retail sector

Divalimit, the parent company of homeware retailer FADS, Texstyle World and Leveys, has been placed into administration. [more]

Children's clothing retailer Adams has been placed into administration for the third time in as many years, leaving over 2,000 jobs hanging in the bal [more]

The discount fashion chain Happit has been placed in administration following a downturn in sales. Fourteen stores throughout Scotland have been closed, with a loss of around 60 jobs. [more]

After recent failed attempts to sell its stores, Borders (UK) Limited has gone into administration. Philip Duffy, Geoff Bouchier and David Whitehouse of insolvency and restructuring firm MCR were appointed after its advisors BDO Stoy Hayward pulled out due to a conflict of interest. About 1,100 jobs have been put at risk at the 45-store bookseller, nine of [more]

The Leeds bakery chain Ainsleys has gone into administration. Grant Thornton has been appointed administrator for the chain which has 29 shops across West Yorkshire and employs 330 people. A search has begun for potential acquirers of the Leeds-based family business, which was founded more than 70 years ago. [more]

High and Mighty, the family-owned retailer that specialises in clothing for the taller and larger man, is close to entering a pre-pack administration. [more]

Scottish pet shop business Acorn Pet Chain has been placed into administration with the immediate loss of 73 out of 243 jobs. [more]

Allied Carpets has entered administration, with the immediate sale of its insurance inspection subsidiary and 51 of its outlets to new company Allied Carpets Retail Limited. The move has saved about 400 jobs, but a further 1,100 are at risk and the rest of the stores are now in the control of the administrators BDO Stoy Hayward. [more]

Allied Carpets Properties, the division of Allied Carpets that owns the leases on its stores, is set to be placed into administration. [more]

Zolfo Cooper has been called in to act as administrators for Birthdays, the greeting card retail chain owned by Clinton Cards. [more]

Yorkshire-based textiles retailer Chiltern Mills has been bought by its founder Merlin Treymaine in a pre-pack administration. [more]

Fashion retailer Alexon Group Plc has put its loss-making chain Bay Trading into administration. Deloitte will look for a buyer while the business continues to trade. [more]

Mosaic Fashions, the retail business behind Karen Millen and Oasis, is likely to enter a pre-pack administration this week, with Deloitte to handle the administration. [more]

340 jobs are hanging in the balance after Elvi, a fashion retailer for size 16-plus women, was taken into administration yesterday. [more]

Mosaic Fashions, the retail business behind Karen Millen and Oasis, has entered a pre-pack administration today, with Deloitte to handling the administration. Mosaic's main creditor, Icelandic bank Kaupthing, has bought back out of administration most of the group including Oasis, Karen Millen, Warehouse and Coast. However, Principles and Shoe studio are still insolvent with some 4,200 jobs in the balance while a buyer is desperately soug [more]

High street shoe shop chains Barratts and PriceLess have gone into administration, it has emerged. The companies listed below are all in administration but the parent company Stylo, based in Bradford, is not. However, its shares have been suspended. [more]

Kcaj, an Icelandic investment fund has called in restructuring specialist Deloitte after its main investor Icelandic company Milestone was badly affected by last year's demise of Iceland [more]

Land of Leather and Newcastle Productions, the distributor of Findus foods, have both gone into administration on 12 January, leaving over 1,000 people at risk of losing their jobs. Deloitte has been brought in to assist furniture retailer Land of Leather following [more]

Viyella, the clothing business, best known for its womenswear, has gone into administration. The company was founded back in 1784, and is the latest in a long line of established British retail and clothing businesses to fail. Viyella, owned by Harris Watson, the i [more]

Retail chain Passion for Perfume has gone into administration with the closure of its 44 fragrance stores and the loss of 194 jobs. The Manchester-based company called in Deloitte [more]