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    U.K. online retailer Studio Retail files for administration

    2022-02-15T10:28:00Z

    The British online retailer Studio Retail Group filed for administration for itself and Studio Retail Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary, after failing to obtain a £25 million (€30m) short-term loan. The company also suspended its shares on the London Stock Exchange while it begins the U.K.’s form of bankruptcy proceedings. ...

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    England plans to reopen non-essential stores April 12

    2021-02-23T13:51:00Z

    The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that non-essential retailing may reopen in England on April 12 after having been closed to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. England introduced a third national lockdown on Jan. 4. Johnson said that the vaccination campaign underway in the U.K. ...

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    Ashley and ABG vie for Debenhams and Arcadia

    2020-12-15T08:45:00Z

    Mike Ashley , the acquisitive boss of Frasers Group who is bidding for Debenhams , the biggest and oldest British department store chain, is reportedly interested now also in some of the assets of Arcadia , the bankrupt fashion retailing group that holds the largest number of concessions in ...

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    Frasers Group in last-ditch bid to grab Debenhams

    2020-12-08T14:56:00Z

    Mike Ashley ’s Frasers Group has returned to the fight with a last-ditch offer for Debenhams in a bid to save the largest and oldest British department store chain from liquidation. The group, which owns the Sports Direct chain of sporting goods stores as well as ...

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    Debenhams collapses as JD Sports terminates rescue talks

    2020-12-01T18:07:00Z

    The British department store chain Debenhams is winding down operations and closing all 124 shops with 12,000 potential job losses after JD Sports Fashion ended talks about a rescue deal. Administrators have been trying to sell the troubled 232-year-old group since April, but have admitted that the ...