Overview
- The Original Factory Shop, which shut stores Saturday and Sunday, has now closed outlets in Cromer, Gorleston, Bungay, Snettisham, Garstang and Newquay.
- Four further locations are set to shut on April 4 in Redruth, Stanley, Leominster and Cainscross.
- Interpath’s Richard Harrison and James Clark were appointed on January 28 and are trading remaining shops while they assess options.
- An administrators’ report puts unsecured debts at about £114 million, including more than £30 million owed to trade and expense creditors.
- The collapse is blamed on weak pre-Christmas footfall, higher costs from inflation, rising labour pay and problems with a third-party warehouse and logistics provider.