Boohoo to grow Debenhams brand in the Middle East in new partnership

Boohoo to grow Debenhams brand in the Middle East in new partnership with global retail giant Alshaya By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 BST, 14 July 2021 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 14 July 2021 Fast fashion specialist Boohoo will sell its clothes in Debenhams’ stores in the Middle East Boohoo’s clothes will … Read more

Boohoo dolls up site for Debenhams return online

Internet fashion giant Boohoo lines up 200 cosmetics brands for major relaunch of Debenhams online By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 8 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 8 May 2021 Internet fashion giant Boohoo has lined up 200 cosmetics brands for a major relaunch of Debenhams online this autumn.  The … Read more

20,000 women to lose jobs in collapse of Arcadia and Debenhams

Almost 20,000 women set to lose jobs following collapse of Arcadia and Debenhams as online giants Boohoo and Asos stalk High Street titans Hundreds of stores are expected to close  Women will bear the brunt of the closures as they comprise four in five of the workforce It will cause a headache for the Chancellor: … Read more

PM pal’s bid to save the Debenhams pension

PM pal’s bid to save Debenhams pension: City dealmaker in talks to snap up stricken fund – and safeguard payouts for its 15,000 members Edi Truell’s Pension Superfund has held detailed discussions with the Debenhams administrator and The Pensions Regulator  Truell once worked for Boris Johnson A deal would mean many of the Debenhams scheme’s 15,000 … Read more

Debenhams deal will ‘thrust Boohoo to the top table of retailers’

Debenhams deal will thrust Boohoo to the top table of retailers, claims online fashion retailer’s billionaire co-founder By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 25 January 2021 Boohoo bosses have hailed its ‘transformational’ £55million deal to buy Debenhams as a stepping stone to it becoming … Read more

Boohoo buys Debenhams for £55million and will CLOSE stores for good 

Online fashion retailer Boohoo has confirmed it has bought the Debenhams brand for £55 million and will relaunch the department store as an online-only operation from next year. Bosses said the deal will not include saving Debenhams’ stores which will close for good as part of a structured winding down of the business.   Debenhams started … Read more

Online fashion retainer Boohoo ‘to buy Debenhams brand in cut-price £50m deal’

Online fashion brand Boohoo is set to buy collapsed department store group Debenhams in a cut-price £50million deal, insiders claim. The deal would result in the closure of all of Debenhams’ remaining department stores and is expected to be announced in the next few days – but the retailers are yet to confirm reports. Debenhams started a … Read more

Private equity asset strippers must save Debenhams pensioners

Multi-millionaire private equity tycoons who masterminded a takeover which left Debenhams loaded with £1.2billion of debt are facing calls to bail out its stricken pensioners. The 243-year-old department store firm collapsed after a loss of £491.5million in 2018, buckling under the impact of online competition and a failure to invest in stores and products. Although … Read more

Debenhams to close six branches, including its flagship London store, with 320 job losses

Debenhams to close six branches, including its flagship London store, with 320 job losses By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:29 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 22:29 GMT, 13 January 2021 Department store chain Debenhams has said it will permanently close six branches, including the flagship Oxford St shop Department … Read more

Mike Ashley targets empty Debenhams stores in rescue blow

Mike Ashley considering moving his brands into empty Debenhams stores as part of a deal to acquire the company and its online division By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 19 December 2020 Retail tycoon Mike Ashley is considering moving his brands into empty Debenhams … Read more