during the morning of sunday 28 december the 75 year ancient youth ' s clothes dealer , adams childrenswear named in administrators pricewaterhousecoopers . hancock had previously been placed in office with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was freed by northern irish businessman george shannon in september 2007 . a large refurbishment followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were closed . phillips has outlets worldwide in places such as al arabia , and again markets clothing under the mini mode brand for brands . at the time of the 2008 administration there were 260 stores in the uk and 116 distributors abroad , employing around 2000 volunteers . adams is believed to owe another £20 million to johnny shannon and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.