Hilco Capital is a British international company that specialises in restructuring and refinancing other companies.

Notable projects

Hilco has been involved with these companies, and in some cases owning and operating them for a period of time:

United Kingdom

Adams Childrenswear Adams Kids was a children's clothing retailer, based in Paddington, London in the United Kingdom. History Early history Amy Adams started a children's clothing business from her own home in Birmingham in 1933. She then opened another three sto ...

Allders Allders was an independent department store operating in the United Kingdom. The original store was established in 1862 in Croydon by Joshua Allder. In the second half of the 20th century, this parent store was developed into a chain of depart ...

(original store closures) *

Allied Carpets Allied Carpets was a small retail chain specialising in floor coverings, mainly carpets (80%) and then also laminate and wood flooring and curtains, in the United Kingdom. Following financial difficulties and several changes of ownership, the co ...

* Andys Records *

Bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

* Beatties of London *

Borders (UK) Borders (UK) Ltd., also known as Borders & Books etc., was established as a Borders Group subsidiary in 1998, and in 2007 became independent of the US parent company. At its peak after separation from the US parent, it traded from its 41 Borders ...

British Home Stores British Home Stores, commonly abbreviated to BHS and latterly legally styled BHS Ltd, was a British department store chain, primarily selling clothing and household items. In its later years, the company began to expand into furniture, electron ...

(cleared stores) * Chapelle Jewellery & Watches *

Clintons Clintons, previously branded as Clinton Cards, is a chain of stores in the UK founded in 1968 by Don Lewin and known for selling greeting cards, together with soft toys and related gift products. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange ...

(294 store closures) *

Courts plc Courts is a furniture and electronics retailing brand used by stores in the Caribbean, the United States and Asia. Courts was founded in 1850 in the United Kingdom, and at its peak, Courts had 350 stores worldwide, of which one hundred were in the ...

Denby Pottery Company Denby Pottery Company Ltd is a British manufacturer of pottery, named after the village of Denby in Derbyshire where it is based. It primarily sells hand-crafted stoneware tableware, kitchenware and serveware products including dinner sets, mugs ...

(debt, restructuring and management buyout) * Elvi *

Ethel Austin Ethel Austin was an English clothing retailer. At its commercial peak it operated around three hundred stores. The company was purchased from the founding family in June 2002, the company ceased operation in January 2013, after numerous times en ...

* Extreme Stores * Faith * Fashion Rocks *

Focus DIY Focus DIY was a privately owned chain of DIY stores in the United Kingdom. It served the consumer DIY market sector, and most stores had some form of garden centre. At its peak in 2002, it was the second-largest DIY retailer in the United K ...

* Habitat (debt and restructuring) * HMV (purchased in 2013) * Homebase (purchased in June 2018) *

Hypervalue Hyper Value (Holdings) Limited was incorporated in 1980 by Ken Rogers, the founder and then Chairman of the Hypervalue Group. It was best known for the discount retail stores that encompassed the whole of South Wales, extending into the South West ...

ILVA ILVA is a Danish chain of furniture stores, offering mostly Scandinavian-style bed-, dining- and living room products. The company was founded in 1974, and currently runs eight stores in the Nordic countries. It also had three stores in Brit ...

(UK) *

JJB Sports JJB Sports plc was a British sports retailer. On 24 September 2012, shares in JJB Sports were suspended, and the firm called in administrators. On 1 October 2012, it was announced that Sports Direct had purchased part of the business, incl ...

(cleared stores) *

Kwik Save Kwik Save is a British convenience store chain. Prior to 2007, it was also a discount supermarket chain that had shops across the United Kingdom. It went into administration in July 2007, but was brought back in April 2012. Its shops were sm ...

* Litho Supplies * Littlewoods *

Maplin (retailer) Maplin Electronics is the trading name of an online retailer of electronic goods in the United Kingdom and Ireland launched in 2019, using the brand of the former company Maplin Electronics Ltd., which operated from 1972 to 2018. The original ...

(Cleared stores) * MFI Group *

MK One MK One was a British fashion retailer. History Beginnings as Mark One The company was founded in the 1980s by Mark Brafman, Les Lucy and Alan Simons as Mark One, and became a discount womenswear retailer. In February 1996, Mark One was bou ...

* Music and Video Club * Nicole Farhi (fashion label, sold in 2012) *

Owen Owen Owen Owen was a Liverpool-based operator of department stores in the United Kingdom and Canada. Beginning with a drapery shop in Liverpool, a chain of department stores was built up, often by taking over rival retailers. The company remained u ...

Peacocks Peafowl is a common name for three bird species in the genera '' Pavo'' and ''Afropavo'' within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae, the pheasants and their allies. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are ref ...

(retail advisor during administration) *

Silverscreen Silverscreen was a British chain store brand founded in 2003 in the United Kingdom and focused on films. It was founded by Ernesto Schmitt and Sebastian James. Starting from an initial six stores in 2003, Silverscreen was the United Kingdom's ...

* Staples UK (Company name changed to SUK Retail Limited. Rebranded/trading as Office Outlet) * Stationery Box * Woolworths Group (store closures)

International

* Fletcher Jones (stores) * Habitat (Iberia, France, Germany, Benelux) *

Kraus Flooring Kraus is a manufacturer of tufted broadloom carpet and distributor of other flooring products. History The company was founded in 1959 by Michael Kraus. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Kraus has manufacturing facilities in Waterlo ...

(purchased in 2012) * WOW Sight & Sound * Misco (purchased in 2017)

Canada

HMV Canada HMV Canada Ltd. was a Canadian entertainment retailer, owned by Hilco. The company was originally a subsidiary of HMV in the United Kingdom until it was sold to Hilco Capital in 2011. HMV itself would later be bought by Hilco in 2013. HMV Cana ...

(purchased in 2011 and in receivership 2017) * Tilley Endurables (acquired 2015) * Music World

Ireland

* HMV Ireland * Xtra-Vision Ireland (purchased in 2013, defunct January 2016) * A-wear previously operated Ireland's leading female clothing retailer

Criticism

In December 2018, '' The Times'' described the company as a vulture fund in an article about HMV going into

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References

{{reflist, 30em Financial services companies established in 2000 Restructuring Financial services companies based in London