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Adams

July 2013

  • Angela Forder, florist

    Rising business rates cause carnage on the high street

    Empty shops in Ashford, Kent, reflect wider crisis for retailers who are calling on government to overhaul the rates system, writes Simon Neville

January 2010

  • Adams Childrenswear

    Childrenswear chain Adams falls back into administration

    Buyer being sought for clothing company to keep it running as a going concern

February 2009

  • Jobs saved as childrenswear retailer Adams is sold

    Former owner buys chain out of administration, safeguarding 1,900 posts

January 2009

  • Adams sheds 850 jobs as administrators close 111 shops

    The childrenswear chain, which went into administration on New Year's Eve, is to keep its remaining 160 stores open while administrators seek a buyer for the business

December 2008

  • Childrenswear chain Adams goes into administration

  • Clothing retailer Adams calls in the administrators

February 2007

  • Thousands of jobs saved as Adams chain is bought

    More than 3,000 jobs were saved yesterday when the childrenswear chain Adams was bought out of administration. The deal, involving the retail entrepreneur John Shannon, formerly chairman of the shoe firm Stead & Simpson and the Country Casuals clothing chain, ensures that 273 stores will remain open.

December 2002

  • Cadbury secure deal to buy Adams

    Sweets and drinks conglomerate Cadbury Schweppes today agreed to pay £2.7bn in cash for Adams, a US chewing gum manufacturer owned by Pfizer.

August 2001

  • Adams seeks to double in size by 2005

    Executives at Adams Childrenswear who bought the clothing chain from Sears two years ago are exploring a range of options, including flotation, to fund expansion plans.

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