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Shoon acquired by former owners of Jones Bootmaker

Multichannel footwear retailer Shoon has been sold to footwear veterans Ken Bartle and Peter Phillips, the former owners of Jones Bootmaker. Bartle and Phillips have acquired the 10-store business, including its debt, from restructuring specialist GA Europe, for an undisclosed sum. The duo are both long-standing footwear industry figures and...

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Ethel Austin to be bought out of administration

Value retailer Ethel Austin has been saved from administration by Liric, a firm owned by clothing entrepreneur Mike Basso. Restructuring specialists GA Europe, which recently acquired the debt of Ashloch Ltd, which trades principally as Ethel Austin, has announced that Liric has bought 32 of its retail stores. Pending the phased handover of the...