during the weekend of tuesday 28 december the 75 year original boys ' s shoe retailer , adams childrenswear called in administrators pricewaterhousecoopers . adams had previous been placed in administration with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was relieved by northern british businessman john orr in february 2007 . a huge reinvention followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were operated . adams has branches here in places such as saudi arabia , and also sells clothing under the mini mode banner for others . at the height of the 2008 administration there were 260 stores in the region and 116 stores offshore , employing near 2000 persons . there is reported to owe us £20 m to mr shannon and £10 % to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.