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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Dec- 2024 -13 DecemberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-13/12/24
Hundreds of Harrods workers, including retail, restaurant, and cleaning staff, are set to strike on 21–22 December and Boxing Day in a dispute over Christmas bonuses and working conditions. The United Voices of the World (UVW) union said 95% of its members voted to strike after management refused negotiations. Workers…
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13 DecemberClothing & Shoes
In The Style losses narrow amid job cuts
In The Style has revealed that it posted a loss-before-tax of £2.7m for the year ended 31 March 2024, compared with a loss of £7.7m in the previous year. Despite this, the company’s revenues fell from almost £46m to £30.4m, while UK sales were down from £42.7m to £29m over…
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12 DecemberNews
Debenhams has ‘greater value’ than current group valuation, says Boohoo CEO
Boohoo group CEO Dan Finley has said that Debenhams single-handedly brings “greater value” than the market cap of the rest of the Boohoo brands, reaffirming his confidence in the group and how he thinks the brand is currently undervalued. In a video posted on the boohooforall website, Finley said: “I…
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2 DecemberDIY
Topps Tiles defends strategy after major shareholder criticism
Topps Tiles has defended its performance and strategy following criticism from a major shareholder, who accused the tile retailer of showing a “complete failure” after sales and profits fell in its full-year results.According to The Times, Topps Tiles’ largest shareholder, Austrian investor MS Galleon, is calling for an overhaul of…
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Nov- 2024 -29 NovemberDIY
Kingfisher and M&S eye remaining Homebase sites
Kingfisher and Marks and Spencer are reportedly eyeing more than 20 of Homebase’s stores after the DIY company fell into administration earlier this month.According to Sky News, the two companies are among several retailers circling the remaining Homebase estate ahead of a deadline for offers today (29 November). The two…
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14 NovemberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-14/11/24
The Range and Wilko owner, CDS Superstores, has acquired 70 Homebase stores after the DIY retailer entered administration. This move, intended to save about 1,600 jobs, will allow Homebase stores to continue operating under CDS while administrators from Teneo Financial Advisory manage the transition. Homebase’s decline, attributed to low consumer…
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14 NovemberDIY
CDS Superstores acquires 70 Homebase stores out of administration
The Range and Wilko owner CDS Superstores has acquired 70 Homebase UK stores after the DIY retailer collapsed into administration. Gavin Park, Gavin Maher and Adele Macleod of Teneo Financial Advisory Limited were appointed as joint administrators of HHGL Limited and Hampden Group Limited, which trade under the Homebase name.…
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Oct- 2024 -21 OctoberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-21/10/24
Frasers Group has agreed to sell its 20.3% stake in N Brown for £191m to Falcon 24 Topco Limited, owned by Joshua Alliance. Despite divesting from N Brown, Frasers looks forward to a strategic relationship with Alliance. Concurrently, Frasers is pursuing the acquisition of luxury brand Mulberry, raising its offer…
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21 OctoberClothing & Shoes
Hotter Shoes to increase UK production
Hotter Shoes’ new owner, WoolOvers, reportedly has plans to increase the number of products it makes within the UK to one million pairs of shoes a year, according to The Times. The news comes after WoolOvers acquired the footwear retailer out of administration for £6.7m a year earlier. Prior to…
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7 October
Today’s news in brief-7/10/24
Mulberry founder Roger Saul has suggested that luxury retailer Mulberry might be a better fit with European luxury group LVMH rather than Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct, following Ashley’s unsuccessful £83m bid to acquire the company. Saul, who founded Mulberry in 1971, emphasised that the brand had drifted from its original…
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