during the weekend of sunday 28 february the 75 year old family ' s shoes retailer , adams childrenswear brought in from pricewaterhousecoopers . adams had previously been placed in operational with accountancy in 2006 , but was rescued by british irish politician john barry in february 2007 . a massive rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were close . adams has offices anywhere in positions such as saudi kingdom , and also makes clothing under the mini mode brand for boot . at the moment of the 2008 administrator there were 260 branches in the uk and 116 outlets overseas , employing under 2000 people . lewis is reported to owe over £20 million to mr shannon and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.