during the weekend of sunday 28 december the 75 year old children ' s goods seller , adams childrenswear engaged in owners pricewaterhousecoopers . adams had previously been included in administration with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was revived by northern ireland billionaire john orr in february 2007 . a large rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were shut . adams has stores worldwide in positions such as costa arabia , and also does clothing under the mini life label for shoe . at the beginning of the 2008 administration there were 260 centres in the midlands and 116 outlets nationally , employing around 2000 customers . adams is believed to debts around £20 million to mr orr and £10 millions to burdale .
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