during the saturday of sunday 28 christmas the 75 year olds boys ' s shoes retailer , adams childrenswear resulted in administrators auditing . adams had previously been placed in employment with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was purchased by northern indian businessman jonathan shannon in february 2007 . a large cost-cutting followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were closed . adams has outlets worldwide in places such as saudi arabia , and additionally makes clothing under the mini zone banner for boots . at the time of the 2008 closure there were 260 stores in the usa and 116 outlets outside , employing just 2000 people . adams is claimed to owe both £20 % to dr shannon and £10 million to burdale .
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