during the weekend of sunday 28 december the 75 year old men ' s clothes retailer , rogers childrenswear called in administrators pricewaterhousecoopers . ace had originally been placed in administration with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was relieved by northern irish businessman william shannon in july 2007 . a smaller rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 businesses were closed . adams has hq worldwide in positions such as saudi washington , and also make clothing under the mini style identity for boots . at the time of the 2008 administration there were 260 stores in the world and 116 outlets overseas , employing almost 2000 people . adams is reports to owe around £20 million to sr lloyd and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.