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Another retailer to shut? Republic poised for administration
2:42pm Tuesday 12th February 2013 in News By James Cox
ANOTHER big name retailer is poised to go into administration.
Republic, the fashion store in Culver Square, Colchester, will pass to administrators Ernst & Young by Wednesday.
The brand employs more than 1,000 people across the UK and around 25 in Colchester.
Its collapse follows the demise of Jessops and Blockbuster earlier this year.
Its owning company have been unable to confirm the reports but said it was reviewing its portfolio.
Comments(12)
Bert_Stimpson
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2:48pm Tue 12 Feb 13
thecapedcrusader69
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3:56pm Tue 12 Feb 13
jammin
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4:27pm Tue 12 Feb 13
thecapedcrusader69 wrote:I think that was from the store opened a few years ago.
they don't look too sad about it in the picture....
wearebeingwatched
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6:01pm Tue 12 Feb 13
wellnow
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9:04pm Tue 12 Feb 13
tellitasitreallyis
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9:42pm Tue 12 Feb 13
I wonder what there will be put there in place. Will it be a nail bar or a foreign restaurant. Think it will be a odds on guess, that what ever it will be. It will not be another store that is British owned and ran
Boris
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12:32am Wed 13 Feb 13
tellitasitreallyis wrote:Can you name a major store chain that is British owned, British run, sells mainly British products, and pays its share of taxes in Britain?
Oh no another store to close.
I wonder what there will be put there in place. Will it be a nail bar or a foreign restaurant. Think it will be a odds on guess, that what ever it will be. It will not be another store that is British owned and ran
Justice79
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6:54am Wed 13 Feb 13
tellitasitreallyis wrote:Oh look out Kris H has got himself a new id.
Oh no another store to close.
I wonder what there will be put there in place. Will it be a nail bar or a foreign restaurant. Think it will be a odds on guess, that what ever it will be. It will not be another store that is British owned and ran
wormshero
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9:43am Wed 13 Feb 13
I think this kind of sums up the situation for me, when the owners don't even really have any concern for the store. Not sure about the British ran store comment; how many stores that take up that much space are actually British ran these days? The few that were have their head offices overseas to avoid paying their fair share anyway. A new record shop would be nice (I realise that won't ever happen).
terryg
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10:15am Wed 13 Feb 13
tellitasitreallyis wrote:Republic isn't British owned ... so I can't really see the point you're trying to make.
Oh no another store to close.
I wonder what there will be put there in place. Will it be a nail bar or a foreign restaurant. Think it will be a odds on guess, that what ever it will be. It will not be another store that is British owned and ran
Boris
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3:50pm Wed 13 Feb 13
Justice79 wrote:Yes I had suspected that, but I was trying to flush out his ignorant xenophobia. And terryg has put him in his place. Usually when Kris knows he is beaten, he shuts up. Let's see if he comes back at us on this one.
tellitasitreallyis wrote:Oh look out Kris H has got himself a new id.
Oh no another store to close.
I wonder what there will be put there in place. Will it be a nail bar or a foreign restaurant. Think it will be a odds on guess, that what ever it will be. It will not be another store that is British owned and ran
Bert_Stimpson says...
2:47pm Tue 12 Feb 13
Oh well. Maybe someone had a few at lunchtime.