Fashion retailer has confirmed it is entering administration, putting UK shops and approximately 1,000 jobs at risk
Fashion retailer Quiz has confirmed it is entering administration, placing 44 stores across the UK and roughly 1,000 jobs at risk. According to The Telegraph, the chain has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
Quiz’s website shows its 44 branches in various locations throughout the UK, including stores in London, Birmingham and Manchester alongside 41 additional concessions. Just days earlier, Quiz had revealed it was exploring several options to secure its future following “disappointing” Christmas trading.
There are also 41 Quiz concessions operating within retailers such as New Look. These options included securing fresh funding and potentially shutting certain branches.
A Quiz spokesperson confirmed that its stores remain open and operations continue as normal for the time being.
If this proceeds, it would mark the third time in six years that Quiz has entered administration. The founding Ramzan family had previously placed the business into administration less than twelve months ago, resulting in 23 store closures, before buying back the remaining assets through a pre-pack arrangement.
Quiz also shut 11 of its branches in 2020, attributing its difficulties to coronavirus lockdowns. In recent years, the retailer has been grappling with increased employer National Insurance contributions, alongside rising minimum wage and energy costs.
A company spokesperson explained: “Like many other high street retailers, we have faced significant headwinds over the past 12 months, including the impact of fragile consumer confidence and a significant increase in business rates and employer costs. While we continue to explore the options available to us, we have today filed Notices of Intention to Appoint Administrators which will give us the time we need to try and secure a positive outcome.”
UK Quiz shops listed on website.
- Aberdeen
- Basingstoke
- Belfast Castlecourt
- Birmingham Merryhill
- Bracknell
- Cardiff
- Carlisle
- Castleford Junction 32
- Craigavon
- Derby
- Dunfermline
- Eastbourne
- Galway Ryans
- Glasgow Braehead
- Glasgow Buchanan Galleries
- Glasgow Clydebank
- Glasgow Fort
- Glasgow St Enochs
- Hanley
- Hull
- Inverness
- Irvine
- Leeds White Rose
- Leicester
- United Kingdom
- Livingston
- United Kingdom
- Manchester Arndale
- Manchester Trafford
- Mansfield
- Newcastle Metro
- Newry
- Newtownabbey
- Northampton
- Norwich
- Portsmouth
- Quiz Ho
- Romford
- Sheffield Meadowhall
- Stirling
- Telford
- Thurrock Lakeside
- Warrington
- Watford
UK Concessions
- Ballymena (New Look Concession)
- Bangor (Concession)
- Basildon (New Look Concession)
- Belfast Victoria (New Look Concession)
- Blackburn (New Look Concession)
- Blackpool (New Look Concession)
- Bolton (New Look Concession)
- Braehead (New Look Concession)
- Braintree (Concession)
- Bristol (New Look Concession)
- Broughton Park (New Look Concession)
- Cardiff (New Look Concession)
- Coventry (New Look Concession)
- Crawley (New Look Concession)
- Dungannon (Concession)
- Edinburgh Fort (New Look Concession)
- Glasgow Buchanan (New Look Concession)
- Grantham (Oldrids Concession)
- Leamington Spa (New Look Concession)
- Leeds (New Look Concession)
- Lisburn (Concession)
- Llantrisant (New Look Concession)
- Magherafelt (Concession)
- Meadowhall (New Look Concession)
- Metro Centre (New Look Concession)
- Morfa Shopping Park (New Look Concession)
- Newcastle (New Look Concession)
- Newport Wales (New Look Concession)
- Newton Abbot (Austins Concession)
- Norwich (New Look Concession)
- Plymouth (New Look Concession)
- Preston (New Look Concession)
- Salisbury (New Look Concession)
- Solihull (New Look Concession)
- Swindon (New Look Concession)
- Thanet (New Look Concession)
- Truro (New Look Concession)
- Twells New (New Look Concession)
- Wolves (New Look Concession)
- Inverness Rp (New Look Concession)
- Ipswich (New Look Concession)
