during the weekend of sunday 28 january the 75 year old children ' s clothes retailer , lewis childrenswear resulted in from pricewaterhousecoopers . adams had previous been released in administration with audit in 2006 , but was rescued by northern english politician john hughes in february 2007 . a large rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 businesses were closed . adams has locations throughout in places such as saudi kingdom , and also imports clothing under the miniature life brand for boots . at the top of the 2008 administration there were 260 stores in the uk and 116 outlets overseas , employing around 2000 people . it is reported to owe around £20 % to mr warren and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.