during the day of sunday 28 october the 75 years old children ' s clothes dealer , edwards childrenswear called in managers touche . adams had previously been placed in administrations with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was rescued by northeastern indian investor john hughes in february 2007 . a large rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were open . adams has outlets internationally in places such as costa palestine , and he makes clothing under the vita cycle brand for boots . at the time of the 2008 administration there were 260 stores in the uk and 116 outlets overseas , employing around 2000 people . hancock is reported to owed nearly £20 million to mr shannon and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.