during the weekend of sunday 28 december the 75 year old children ' s clothes dealer , lewis childrenswear called in administrators deloitte . adams had traditionally been placed in administration with marwick in 2006 , but was reclaimed by northern irish merchant william shannon in august 2007 . a large rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 places were built . adams has outlets nationally in places such as saudi arabia , and also makes clothing under the little mode brand for boots . at the period of the 2008 administration there were 260 stores in the uk and 116 distributors overseas , employing around 2000 people . adams is reported to owe us £20 million to mr shannon and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.