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Liverpool Echo
National
Emma Munbodh & Sophie McCoid

Two Liverpool stores 'at risk' as Topshop owner Arcadia to shut 31 sites

Three Liverpool Outfit stores are 'at risk' of permanent closure as Arcadia administrators shutter another 31 of the fashion group's stores by the end of January.

The closures will mean a loss of 714 jobs across the UK, Mirror Online reports.

It is understood that the latest set of cuts will result in the closure of all 31 of the group's Outfit stores, according to reports in The Times.

On the list of 'at risk' stores are two Liverpool sites - one in Liverpool Shopping Park and another in Mersey Shopping Park.

The Outfit store in Prescot is also included in the list.

Arcadia collapsed into administration at the start of December after struggling to cope in the coronavirus pandemic.

Outfit, which was acquired by Arcadia from Sears in 1999, is not a fashion brand itself but sells all of Arcadia's retail brands in out-of-town destinations for shoppers.

Arcadia and Deloitte declined to comment on the closure update.

The move comes a day after the deadline for rescue bids set by administrators at Deloitte.

Next has been touted as one of the most likely victors in the process, with the listed retailer bidding for the group in partnership with US hedge fund Davidson Kempner.

It faces competition from high street rival JD Sports, which has held talks over a joint bid with US retail giant Authentic Brands.

Deloitte are expected to receive bids worth more than £200 million in the process, which could be completed by the end of the month.

Last month, administrators agreed the sale of Arcadia's plus-sized brand Evans to Australian firm City Chic Collective in a £23million deal.

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The rest of the firm, which includes other high street names such as Dorothy Perkins and Wallis, is being auctioned.

Other firms believed to be looking at all or parts of the firm include Boohoo and Mike Ashley's Frasers Group.

What stores are closing?

According to reports all 31 Outfit stores are facing closure - see if there's one located near you below.

  1. Outfit Croydon
  2. Outfit Rugby
  3. Outfit Welton Road
  4. Outfit Birmingham
  5. Outfit Belfast
  6. Outfit Stoke-on-Trent
  7. Outfit Newport
  8. Outfit Royal Leamington Spa
  9. Outfit Chelmsford
  10. Outfit Aberdeen
  11. Outfit Great Yarmouth
  12. Outfit Middlesbrough
  13. Outfit Biggleswade
  14. Outfit Bedford
  15. Outfit Manchester
  16. Outfit Wilmslow
  17. Outfit Liverpool, Liverpool Shopping Park
  18. Outfit Liverpool, Mersey Shopping Park
  19. Outfit West Bromwich
  20. Outfit Prescot
  21. Outfit Walsall
  22. Outfit Wednesbury
  23. Outfit Llanelli
  24. Outfit Swansea
  25. Outfit Leeds, The Springs
  26. Outfit Leeds, The Kirkstall Shopping Park
  27. Outfit Bradford
  28. Outfit Edinburgh
  29. Outfit Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fort Retail Park
  30. Outfit Norwich
  31. Outfit Bristol
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