Frasers puts Base Childrenswear and Kids Cavern into administration

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Frasers Group has called in administrators for Kids Cavern and Base Childrenswear, retailers it purchased from JD Sports in a £47.5m deal.

The childrenswear retailers were among the 14 businesses bought by Frasers Group from JD Sports back in December 2022.

This acquisition also included Tessuti, Choice, Clothingsites, Cricket, Giulio, Missy Empire, Nicholas Deakins, Pretty Green, Scotts, Watch Shop, and Topgrade Sportswear.

Kroll Advisory were appointed as joint administrators to both retailers on 8 March, Drapers reported.


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Currently, Base Childrenswear operates from four stores in Westfield London, Westfield Stratford, Bluewater and Birmingham, all of which have been rebranded as Flannels Junior since last summer.

While Kids Cavern has three stores in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle, with the Manchester location trading as Flannels Junior.

Closing down sales have began in all seven stores, and according to Drapers, around 50 staff members are at risk of redundancy.

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