during the weekend of sunday 28 august the 75 year long children ' s clothes retailer , edwards childrenswear called in administrators pricewaterhousecoopers . sas had previously been placed in administration with accountants in 2006 , but was recovered by central irish businessman john shannon in february 2007 . a large redesign followed in 2008 , after 42 branches were closed . adams has locations elsewhere in things such as mecca arabia , and also makes clothing under the micro life brand for sneakers . at the time of the 2008 era there were 260 offices in the midlands and 116 outlets overseas , employs almost 2000 workers . hancock is reported to owe around £20 million to the shannon and £10 thousand to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.