All Edinburgh Woollen Mill articles
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NewsPeacocks is back in credit after closing stores ‘irreversibly impacted’ by the pandemic
Discount fashion retailer Peacocks has made a return to profitability following strategic store closures and the launch of a new website.
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NewsPeacocks bought out of administration, 2,000 jobs saved
Peacocks has been bought out of administration by a consortium of investors led by Edinburgh Woollen Mill’s chief operating officer Steve Simpson.
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NewsAdministrators agree sale of Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home
Administrators have struck a deal to save two of Philip Day’s remaining brands Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home.
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NewsBonmarché collapses into administration in grim week for retail
Fashion retailer Bonmarché has plunged into administration, adding to a grim toll of retail collapses this week.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill brands Jaeger and Peacocks appoint administrators
Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group has appointed administrators for Jaeger and Peacocks.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill falls into administration, 2,500 jobs at risk
Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) has appointed administrators as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic hammers its business performance.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill to seek extended protection from creditors
Edinburgh Woollen Mill is likely to seek a 10-day extension of protection from creditors as the owners seek to save as much of the business as they can.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill tycoon Philip Day plots bid to buy back Peacocks
Edinburgh Woollen Mill tycoon Philip Day is plotting a bid to save budget fashion chain Peacocks and jettison the rest of the group.
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NewsPeacocks’ owner Edinburgh Woollen Mill teeters on brink of administration
Edinburgh Woollen Mill, the retail group controlled by billionaire tycoon Philip Day, is poised to collapse into administration.
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NewsPeacocks sale on cards as owner Day seeks valuation
The billionaire owner of Edinburgh Woollen Mill has asked for a valuation of the Peacocks business, potentially triggering a sale.
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NewsPhilip Day considers sale of Jaeger and Austin Reed
Edinburgh Woolen Mill boss and retail mogul Philip Day has brought in advisers to assess the sale of a number of his brands, after receiving unsolicited offers.
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NewsEWM owner Day accused of taking ‘undue advantage’ of clothing workers
Philip Day has been accused by Bangladeshi clothing manufacturers of taking “undue advantage” of coronavirus to cease payments on millions of pounds worth of stock.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill adds pandemic clauses to new Bonmarché leases
Edinburgh Woollen Mill is inserting pandemic clauses into new leases it is signing with landlords on Bonmarche stores after it bought the retailer out of administration.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill’s profits rise in ‘turnaround’ period
The Edinburgh Woollen Mill group has posted an increase in profits as the fashion retailer continued to expand its luxury division.
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NewsSports Direct buys Jack Wills out of administration
Struggling fashion retailer Jack Wills has been bought out of administration by Sports Direct, following a tussle between Mike Ashley and fellow retail tycoon Philip Day’s Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group.
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NewsDay in late bid to avoid Jack Wills administration
Edinburgh Woollen Mill owner Philip Day is reportedly trying to keep Jack Wills out of administration as he seeks to pip Mike Ashley to a deal for the struggling retailer.
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NewsBonmarché set to delist as second-largest shareholder sells up
Bonmarché is on track to be taken private after Philip Day convinced the retailer’s last major investors to sell its stake.
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NewsBonmarché management sell stakes to Day
Bonmarché’s management have sold their shares in the business to Philip Day, just weeks after telling shareholders to ignore the entrepreneur’s offer.
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NewsDay turns screw on Bonmarché by imposing offer deadline
Philip Day, owner of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group, has put a deadline on his his offer to buy Bonmarché over concerns about its ability to operate as a going concern.
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NewsBonmarché shareholder ‘disgusted’ by Day bid U-turn
One of Bonmarché’s largest shareholders has lashed out over the fashion retailer’s U-turn on a £5.7m takeover bid by billionaire Philip Day.

















