during the weekend of sunday 28 february the 75 year old kid ' s clothes retailer , adams childrenswear called in owners pricewaterhousecoopers . adams had previously been placed in administration with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was rescued by british irish businessman john brennan in spring 2007 . a smaller rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were closure . adams has centres nationwide in places such as sahara arabia , and only makes fabric under the mini mode brand for leather . at the moment of the 2008 administrators there were 260 branches in the capital and 116 outlets overseas , employing around 2000 people . hancock is reported to owe around £20 million to sr shannon and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.