on tuesday , december 23 , the menswear retailer the officers cup ' s and pricewaterhousecoopers elected to close 32 of the 150 stores immediately . auditors also announced that timec 1215 plc had bought 118 of the stores for an unnamed rate . timec 1215 is led by john charlton , chairman executive of the eagles group . this deals kills around 900 jobs . the officials club began in the early 1990s in jersey and has factories at cramlington , northumberland .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.