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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.12 - Other non-specialised retail sale
850 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 September 2012
Description
Department store Allders will close down by the end of September 2012 resulting in the loss of up to 850 jobs in Croydon, UK.
The store was placed into administration in June 2012. According to the store's administrators, the closure of the business came after the last potential buyer withdrew from negotiations.
Sources
10 September 2012: Retail Week
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Allders, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74142, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74142.