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  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    UK retail industry
    Edinburgh Woollen Mill sold with up to 2,500 jobs saved

    Group of Asian investors will inject ‘tens of millions’ into Philip Day’s businesses

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
    Amy O'Brien
    Topshop’s demise is the end of an era

    As millennials grew up, a much-loved brand fell apart

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Arcadia’s Evans brand sold for £23m to Australian retailer

    City Chic deal signals the start of the break-up of fashion empire that went into administration last month

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    UK retail industry
    Next weighs bid for Philip Green’s Topshop

    Any deal would be part-financed by an investment partner

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Mary Portas
    Covid didn’t kill Topshop: a lack of creativity did

    For three decades, much of retail has been led by numbers people who squashed creatives

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Ros Altmann
    Pension scheme members must keep calm in the face of Arcadia shock

    Employees of failing companies should not transfer out of defined benefit funds but trust PPF umbrella

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    The Top LineTom Braithwaite
    The inadequate trials of Philip Green

    Pilloried retail tycoon has been less aggressive than private equity groups on high street

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Tina Green brings forward £50m Arcadia pension payment

    Wife of retailer Philip Green accelerates timetable as political pressure over deficit grows

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Q&APersonal Finance
    Arcadia collapse: what it means for 10,000 staff pensions

    Industry ‘lifeboat’ will now assess state of company’s retirement schemes

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Arcadia and Debenhams: retailers count the cost of lockdown

    FT experts comment on new tiered restrictions for retailers, pubs and restaurants

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    UK ministers to ‘keep a close eye’ on Arcadia collapse

    Promise comes as MPs demand answers about pension payments

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: AstraZeneca sells rights to best-selling anti-cholesterol drug Premium

    AstraZeneca agrees $350m rights deal, Horta-Osório transfers to Credit Suisse, 2021 market predictions

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Arcadia retail group collapses into administration

    Philip Green’s group becomes highest-profile retail victim of pandemic, putting 13,000 jobs at risk

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Arcadia and the shakeout on the high street

    Pandemic is bringing about in months what might otherwise have taken years

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    LombardBryce Elder
    Mike Ashley’s designs on Arcadia are far from utopian

    The Frasers boss is toying with old foe Philip Green; Reckitt is ruthless in pursuit of spin-off Indivior

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    The rise and fall of Philip Green’s Arcadia retail empire

    Biggest brands of Topshop, Burton and Wallis have fallen far from their heyday in the early 2000s

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    HMRC could narrowly lose out in expected Arcadia collapse

    Topshop owner prepares for administration but ‘crown preference’ rules make timing crucial for creditors

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Pressure builds on Philip Green over future of Arcadia pension scheme

    Concern for 10,000 members of retirement fund, which has estimated £350m deficit

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    Philip Green’s Arcadia on brink of collapse

    More than 13,000 jobs at risk as owner of Topshop, Burton and Wallis prepares to enter administration

  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    Arcadia says it is seeking to mitigate drag from second lockdown

    Owner of high street chains Topshop and Burton denies that administration is imminent

  • Sunday, 5 April, 2020
    UK retail industry
    Arcadia plans post-coronavirus store closures

    CVA terms provide for ending leases with pandemic worsening trading conditions for Philip Green group

  • Friday, 20 March, 2020
    Top Shop owner Arcadia shuts all stores until further notice

    Philip Green’s Arcadia follows fellow retailers in temporarily closing all stores because of pandemic

  • Monday, 20 January, 2020
    Philip Green
    US judge dismisses assault claim against Philip Green

    Retail billionaire had been accused of groping pilates teacher at Arizona health resort

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
    Topshop widens full-year loss to £500m

    Retailer accounts for half of sales at Philip Green’s Arcadia group

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    Philip Green’s Arcadia fashion empire reports £170m loss

    Parent company Taveta Investments cautions recent restructuring has not guaranteed survival

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