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Landlords, local authorities and suppliers face wipeout after retailer’s collapse
The former chair of the British department store chain Debenhams on the struggle to save the company
Mark Gifford says lenders ‘lost patience’ with Frasers boss and ended up closing stores
Traditional groups take radical measures in an effort to increase digital revenues
Online sales tax or changes to way high street levy is calculated head options, but Treasury loath to lose revenue
Online rivals benefit from high street woes as they snap up Topshop and Debenhams brands
Deals pursued by Boohoo and Asos will hit town centres; a rare earth project where cash is sparse
Fixing business rates is key to helping the industry survive
Groups set to swallow chains that struggled to compete with them online, putting more than 20,000 jobs at risk
Cut-price deal could result in closure of retail chain’s remaining department stores
Department store chain says 6 outlets will not reopen after current lockdown
Specialists in private company loans face losses as months of pandemic restrictions take toll on already-struggling sector
For three decades, much of retail has been led by numbers people who squashed creatives
Ashley in talks to rescue Debenhams, Cisco swoops for Aim-listed IMImobile, the 2021 office
Once-spurned billionaire returns for last-minute swoop on department store
Store chain will wind down operations next year, putting 12,000 jobs at risk, after JD Sports abandons rescue
FT experts comment on new tiered restrictions for retailers, pubs and restaurants
Agreement on future of UK department store chain is expected within days
Retailer insists Hilco appointment was matter of procedure in case sale attempts fail
Toll of high street redundancies mounts as struggling department store tries to ensure ‘viable future’
The debt burden piled on breakdown company AA has cast a cloud over its future success
Beleaguered department store chain hopes to complete restructuring by September
Businesses want insolvency tool ‘ready to go’ if government support comes too late
Coronavirus lockdown is latest chapter in long-running saga for UK retail chains
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