The High Street: A year of casualties

The high street: A year of casualties

• January
• Peacocks collapsed, placing 7,500 jobs in jeopardy
• Pumpkin Patch went into administration with 400 jobs put at risk
• Past Times appointed administrators, resulting in 507 redundancies
• La Senza collapsed, triggering 1,300 redundancies
• Barratts called in administrators, cutting 680 jobs
• March

• Game collapsed, triggering 2,104 job losses
• April
• Aquascutum fell into administration but was sold in May, saving 100 jobs
• Allied Carpets saw nine stores saved after going bust for the third time in three years
• May
• Clinton Cards fell into administration with 397 of its stores sold on

• June
• Allders called in administrators Duff and Phelps
• July
• Ethel Austin went into administration, risking around 500 jobs
• Julian Graves called in administrators, putting more than 700 jobs at risk
• October
• Around 2,200 JJB Sports staff were made redundant after administrators were called in