The Latest Breaking News from Madecom

By selling pick ‘n’ mix, stationery, garden tools and bird boxes, Wilko has spent the last 90 years transforming from a one-store business into one of the UK’s major budget retail players. It now has around 400 stores, but it has also become the latest high street shop to face…

Retail experts say market could see consolidation

Founders, early backers and banks won big in the craze for buying online retailers but investors at THG, Deliveroo and Virgin Wines lost out

Furniture customers, Thurrock and Islington councils, Facebook and Google among those losing out after retailer’s collapse

Formed in 2011, Made.com offered affordable high-end furniture online with the ambition to one day rival Swedish furniture giant Ikea. Fast forward 11 years and the British brand, which excelled during the pandemic and was valued last year at £775 million, has collapsed.

More than 1,000 truckloads of Made.com stock is set to be auctioned for bargain prices

It has been called a rare opportunity for people to get bargains

Since the furniture retailer went into administration last week, customers have been given a cut-off to receive orders by November 25 - otherwise their items may not arrive at all

The online furniture retailer, which was founded in 2010, went into administration last week