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Pavers acquires Jones Bootmaker as Endless withdraws

London - Fellow footwear retailer Pavers has finally acquired Jones Bootmaker through a pre-pack administration deal, leading to 86 redundancies. The move comes close to a year after Pavers first made a bid for Jones Bootmaker, but lost its bid to private equity firm Endless. It marks the second time in a year that Jones Bootmaker has seen a...

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Tesco opens Arcadia concessions in Extra stores

Supermarket giant Tesco has revealed a partnership with Arcadia to open fashion concessions in its Extra stores to “complement” its own F&F fashion brand offering. Arcadia brands including Dorothy Perkins and Burton will open in five Tesco Extra stores across the UK, while plus-sized fashion retailer Evans will open a concession in four. They...

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Barratts launches its online comeback

UK footwear retailer Barratts has launched its new website, which is part of the new business by created footwear veteran Harvey Jacobson and Michael Ziff, alongside with former buying and merchandising director of Barratts, Simon Robson. The relaunched website offers a sleek design, featuring a homepage offering Barratts 'must-have-shoes' and...

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Barratts shuts down remaining stores and sells copyrights

After footwear retailer Pavers purchased fourteen Barratts stores out of administration last month, Duff & Phelps, the administrators of Barratts, have sold the company's copyrights and shut down the remaining stores. The stores acquired by Pavers shortly before Christmas kept on the 150 working staff and currently operate under the Barratts...

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Footwear retailer Pavers steps in to save Barratts

Pavers has made a last-minute offered to step in and purchase footwear retailer Barratts after the company fell into administration again for the third time in four years. Barratts had appointed Duff & Phelps last month as administrators, who were in charge of reviewing the Leeds-based retailer current financial position, as well as searching...

Design

Pavers’ expansion strategies for India

With a humble beginning from her warehouse in York Cathie Paver has today become a value-for-money shoe brand that targets over-45 markets, has 100 stores and 900 employees working across shops, catalogue and online operations. Pavers’ retail operations in India spread over 25 stores and another 50 concessions. The numbers are supposed to double...