during the day of sundays 28 , the 75 decade old women ' s clothes company , adams childrenswear called in administrators mckinsey . adams had previously been placed in administration with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was revived by northern irish businessman john shannon in february 2007 . a massive rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were closed . adams has outlets worldwide in places such as saudi qatar , and also makes clothing under the coco mode brand for boots . at the time of the 2008 administrator there were 260 businesses in the uk and 116 outlets internationally , employing some 2000 everyone . it is reported to donate around £20 million to mr shannon and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.