Retail rot speads to Australia’s high-profile fashion labels – The Sydney Morning Herald

The collapse of national fashion brands Marcs and David Lawrence has added another 1130 workers to the retail rout that claimed close to 2000 jobs in the sector before Christmas. And retail insiders claim the rot that took down Payless Shoes and Pumpkin Patch in December has spread to Australia’s upmarket, national fashion chains and there warn of…

Importance and Role of the Voluntary Administrator – Industry Today (press release)

DCL Advisory is a professional insolvency consultation firm that offers Voluntary Administrator services. Voluntary Administration Voluntary Administration offers relief to an insolvent company so it can determine its future. Protections include: unsecured creditors cannot pursue claims against it without the administrators or courts approval secured creditors cannot impose charges non-perishable property owners or those who…

Fashion labels David Lawrence and Marcs in administration, getting prepared for sale – Stuff.co.nz

Fairfax Media The companies behind fashion brands David Lawrence and Marcs have been placed in voluntary administration. Vision courtesy ABC News 24. It’s business as usual at fashion stores David Lawrence and March, administrators say, as they get the struggling businesses ready for sale. Poor sales and market conditions led to the decision to voluntarily…

David Lawrence, Marcs in voluntary administration – The Age

High-profile Australian fashion labels Marcs and David Lawrence have collapsed under debts of close to $30 million, including close to $3 million in worker entitlements and a $700,000 debt to the tax office. The  appointment of voluntary administrators to two of the country’s best-known fashion brands leaves close to 1200 workers facing the the loss of their livelihoods as insolvency specialist Rodgers Reidy reviews…