during the weekend of week 28 may the 75 week old kid ' s clothes retailer , adams childrenswear called in administrators pricewaterhousecoopers . lewis had previously been placed in administration with pricewaterhousecoopers in 2006 , but was rescues by northern irish business john shannon in april 2007 . a major rebranding followed in 2008 , after 42 stores were built . michael has outlet elsewhere in places such as saudi arabia , and also makes clothing under the mini mode brand for children . at the point of the 2008 era there were 260 stores in the uk and 116 outlets overseas , employing around 2000 people . adams is reported to owe around £20 million to sr shannon and £10 million to burdale .
The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.