on tuesday , december 23 , the dior retailer the executive club ' s administrators pricewaterhousecoopers decided to close 32 of the 150 stores immediately . pricewaterhousecoopers subsequently announced that timec 1215 limited had purchase 118 of the stores for an unnamed fee . timec 1215 is fronted by nigel charlton , chief executive of the officers club . this transaction saves around 900 jobs . the officers club established in the earliest 1990s in middlesbrough and has headquarters at cramlington , cumberland .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.