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Threshers owner closing 373 shops

Source: BBC
London : United Kingdom | about 1 month ago  
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Threshers, Wine Rack, The Local, Haddows, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine. First Quench went into administration last month, after it struggled with a fall in sales during the recession...First Quench has 1,300 stores in total, with 6,500 employees.
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  • News Source: Independent | 29 days ago
    A giant booze sale has begun after Threshers and Wine Rack stores earmarked for closure launched "very substantial" discounts...It is understood administrators decided to launch the sale on Friday to catch the start of the festive shopping season as...
  • News Source: Sky News | about 1 month ago
    The firm also trades as Wine Rack, The Local, Haddows, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine...Its Christmas trading was down with underlying sales falling 3.5% as it struggled to compete with supermarkets. Threshers is among a number of retailers trying to...
  • News Source: Guardian Unlimited | about 1 month ago
    Threshers, Wine Rack and Bottoms Up will close by 2 December Off-licence stores to be closed will hold sales to get rid of unwanted stock More than 1,700 staff at off-licence group First Quench are to lose their jobs within a month after...
  • News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago
    First Quench stores being closed will trade until 25 November, while a further 126 are to stay open until 2 December. Unfortunately, after reviewing the viability of the store network, 373 loss-making stores are to be closed. "As part of the closure...
  • News Source: BBC | about 1 month ago
    Threshers, Wine Rack, The Local, Haddows, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine. First Quench went into administration last month, after it struggled with a fall in sales during the recession...First Quench has 1,300 stores in total, with 6,500 employees.
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  • Blog Source: www.goodasis.com
    A total of 373 stores are to close at off licence group First Quench, with the loss of 1738 jobs, the firm's administrators KPMG have announced. KPMG said the closures will affect all six of the firm's brands – Threshers, Wine Rack, ...
  • Blog Source: www.goodasis.com
    A total of 53 stores out of 219 in Scotland are to close at off licence group First Quench, the firm's administrators KPMG have announced. KPMG said 373 closures across the UK will affect all of the firm's brands including Threshers, ...
  • Blog Source: www.propertyweek.com
    KPMG to close 373 stores from the First Quench business. 17:03 | 05.11.09. By Laura Chesters. Administrator to First Quench Retailing, KPMG, has announced the closure of 373 stores. The business which trades as Threshers, Wine Rack, ...
  • Blog Source: www.yoliverpool.com
    120 regional jobs to go as First Quench administrators shut stores. MORE than 120 jobs will go locally after the administrators for Threshers owner First Quench announced the closure of 24 stores in Merseyside and West Cheshire. ...
  • Blog Source: andrewrunning.blogspot.com
    Threshers shut 53 stores across Scotland. 53 Threshers shops out of the 219 across Scotland are now to close down. There will be 373 closures across the UK out of a total of 1300 shops which will affect all of First Quench's brands ...
  • Blog Source: www.pehub.com
    KPMG said it had not immediately closed any of First Quench's 1202 stores, which also include The Local, Bottoms Up, Victoria Wine and Haddows brands, but that it was assessing each of their viability. “81 redundancies have been made at ...
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