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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 November 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Retailer Tie Rack is to close its 44 UK stores with the possible dismissal of all 200 staff.
The initiative is the result of an ongoing decline in sales since 1998.
The firm is a subsidiary of Italian-based Fingen group. Tie Rack operated 450 stores within the UK at peak times.
Sources
19 November 2013: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Tie Rack, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76212, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76212.