during the weekend of sunday 28 june the 75 day aged kid ' s clothes retailer , adams childrenswear called in administrators pricewaterhousecoopers . adams had initially been invested in office with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was rescued by northern ireland businessman john orr in june 2007 . a full rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 retailers were closed . adams has outlets nationwide in places such as egyptian arabia , and also imports clothing under the super mode moniker for boots . at the point of the 2008 operation there were 260 locations in the uk and 116 locations nationally , employing around 2000 employees . adams is believed to belong just £20 million to sr shannon and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.