Warehouse (clothing)

{{Short description|Retail chain in the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = Warehouse | image = Warehouse store, Oxford Street, London, March 2016 01.jpg | image_caption = Warehouse store, Oxford Street, London, 2016 | industry = Clothing retailer | fate = Administration, converted into an online store | founded = 1976 | defunct = April 2020 | owner = Debenhams Group | parent = Debenhams | website = {{url|https://www.warehouse.co.uk/}} }}

'''Warehouse''' was a British clothing retail chain, founded in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warehouse.co.uk/gb/join-us.html |title=Join Us - Want a Career in Fashion? Apply Today |publisher=Warehouse |access-date=2016-10-15}}</ref>

Warehouse was owned by Aurora Fashions, as were women's fashion brands Coast and Oasis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kgbanswers.co.uk/what-is-warehouse-clothing-stores-customer-services-number/18933155 |title=What is warehouse clothing stores customer services number? – Kgb Answers |publisher=Kgbanswers.co.uk |date=2014-05-13 |access-date=2016-10-15 |archive-date=18 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018221312/http://www.kgbanswers.co.uk/what-is-warehouse-clothing-stores-customer-services-number/18933155 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In November 2016, the administrator for Aurora Fashions, Kaupthing Bank, placed the retailers up for a £100 million sale.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2017/10/oasis-coast-warehouse-sale-abandoned/ |title=Oasis, Coast and Warehouse sale abandoned – Retail Gazette |publisher=www.retailgazette.co.uk |date=9 October 2017 |access-date=2018-06-12}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/30/oasis-and-warehouse-to-permanently-close-shops-with-loss-of-1800-jobs |title=Oasis and Warehouse to close permanently, with loss of 1,800 jobs |work=The Guardian |date=30 April 2020 |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>

In June 2020, the Warehouse brand, assets and stock, along with those of the Oasis chain, were acquired by online retailer Boohoo Group (now Debenhams Group), reuniting Warehouse with former sibling Coast, acquired by Boohoo as part of a separate takeover of the Karen Millen Group in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53075529 |title=Boohoo swoops again to snap up High Street rivals |work=BBC News |date=17 June 2020}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.warehouse.co.uk/gb/home}} * {{Commons category-inline|Warehouse (clothing)}}

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