Harvey Nichols’ Birmingham store to close in January
Source: The Guardian ·
Store closure will cost at least 60 jobs, while Leeds and Bristol outlets to be converted to Flannels brandHarvey Nichols’ Birmingham store is to close in January, with the loss of at least 60 jobs, while its Leeds and Bristol outlets will be converted to the Flannels brand in a shake-up under Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group.The owner of Sports Direct bought the department store chain, which is…
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Harvey Nichols’ Birmingham store is to close in January, with the loss of at least 60 jobs, while its Leeds and Bristol outlets will be converted to the Flannels brand in a shake-up under Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group. The owner of Sports Direct bought the department store chain, which is headquartered at its site in London’s Knightsbridge, for £43m on the day it was put into administration in mid August. That deal kept on about 1,000 of the group’s 1,200 jobs and six UK stores. Harvey Nichols’ Oxo Tower restaurant was sold to a separate buyer, saving 130 jobs. The chain’s branches in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester and Bristol are accompanied by outlets in Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Kuwait and two in Hong Kong. A further store in Dublin was closed by administrators in September. The Harvey Nichols Group owed about £100m to unsecured creditors at the time of its administration, including dozens of brands from Canada Goose to Victoria Beckham. Ashley previously said he…