Warehouse was a British clothing retail chain, founded in 1976. Warehouse was owned by

Aurora Fashions Aurora Fashions was a holding company of several retail fashion brands, formed in 2009 to purchase a number of businesses from the collapsed Mosaic Fashions. The company operates over 1,250 stores in 38 countries, including franchises, under the ...

, as were women's fashion brands

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and

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. In November 2016, the administrator for

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, placed the retailers up for a £100 million sale. On 16 April 2020, it was announced that both Warehouse and Oasis had fallen into administration. On 30 April 2020, it was announced that administrators had failed to find a buyer with the loss of 1,800 jobs. In June 2020, the Warehouse brand, assets and stock, along with those of the Oasis chain, were acquired by online retailer

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, reuniting Warehouse with former sibling Coast, acquired by Boohoo as part of a separate takeover of the

Karen Millen Karen Millen is a British online women's clothing retailer specialising in tailoring, coats and evening wear. Formerly a high street chain with stores throughout the United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia, Austria, Denmark, Russia, the Republ ...

Group in 2019.

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* * 1976 establishments in the United Kingdom 2020 disestablishments in the United Kingdom British brands Companies that have entered administration in the United Kingdom Clothing retailers of the United Kingdom Retail companies established in 1976 Retail companies disestablished in 2020 {{UK-retail-company-stub