Administration
This coverage explores retail administrations and insolvencies within the UK market, examining the circumstances, decisions, and consequences for businesses, employees, and creditors. Reporting highlights notable cases, restructuring efforts, store closures, and leadership actions aimed at recovery or winding down. Designed for executives and managers, it offers insights into risk, resilience, and lessons from commercial failures.
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Oct- 2025 -29 OctoberHealth & Beauty
Charles Denton-led investor group acquires Bodycare assets
An investor group led by beauty sector executive Charles Denton has acquired certain assets of Bodycare, the long-standing value beauty retailer formerly operating across high streets in the North and Midlands. Denton will lead the business following the transaction, with the first wave of store reopenings planned for early 2026.…
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16 OctoberClothing & Shoes
Debenhams partners with Amazon to boost US presence
Debenhams Group has expanded its US presence through a new partnership with Amazon, which will see Nasty Gal brought to Amazon Fashion. The move will see the brand brought to over 250 million Amazon customers in the US, offering 172 items including denim, co-ords, swimwear and festival wear. Amazon has launched…
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16 OctoberClothing & Shoes
Shein sales rise 20% in 2024 but profits hit by higher costs
Shein’s global sales soared by 20% to $37bn (£27.7bn) in 2024, though profits were hit by rising costs over the year, whilst the fast-fashion group also warned on the effects of changing US tax laws. According to the Guardian, accounts from the group’s Singapore-based parent company show that pre-tax profits…
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1 OctoberPeople Moves
Debenhams creative director departs role to join Wax London
Patrick Duggan has left his role as creative director at Debenhams after more than five years with the wider Boohoo group. Duggan joined in 2020, initially working across Karen Millen and Coast during the Covid-19 pandemic, before moving to Debenhams following Boohoo’s acquisition of the brand. During his time with…
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Sep- 2025 -29 SeptemberHigh Street
Modella acquires 156 Claire’s stores in UK&I rescue deal
Specialist retail investment firm Modella Capital has officially acquired 156 Claire’s stores in the UK and Ireland after the accessories chain entered administration last month. Claire’s, known for ear piercings and jewellery, went into administration on 13 August 2025 after years of financial difficulties. The UK and Ireland arm is…
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23 SeptemberHealth & Beauty
Bodycare to close all remaining stores with 444 jobs lost
Bodycare is set to close all of its remaining stores, resulting in 444 redundancies, after administrators failed to secure a sale of the business. Interpath Advisory, which had been appointed as administrator, said it had continued discussions with a number of parties who expressed interest in the business, including the…
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18 SeptemberHigh Street
Modella Capital leads race to acquire Claire’s UK arm
Modella Capital is leading the race to acquire the UK arm of Clire’s, after reportedly agreeing the outline of a deal with Ames Watson, the new US-based owner of Claire’s, Sky News has reported. The London-based investor, which bought WH Smith’s high street business earlier this year, is said to…
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15 SeptemberShopping Centres
Laura Ashley to return to UK retail with Lakeside flagship
Laura Ashley is set to return to the UK high street with the opening of a 10,000 sq ft flagship store at Lakeside Shopping Centre on 26 September, marking its first physical store launch in five years. The home, fashion and lifestyle brand, founded in London in 1953, has not…
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8 SeptemberHigh Street
Modella and Doug Putman vie for collapsed Claire’s UK stores
Modella Capital along with Doug Putman, the businessman who rescued HMV, are both reportedly bidding to take over Claire’s UK operations after the fashion accessories chain fell into administration, according to Sky News. Modella Capital, which this year agreed to buy WH Smith’s 480 UK high street stores and plans…
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5 SeptemberFeatures
What does the future hold for Poundland?
Last week Poundland was saved from collapse just days before the company ran out of money after its restructuring plan was approved by a High Court. Barristers told a hearing that it would fall into administration by Friday and could run out of money by 7 September if the plan…
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