By ABS-CBN News
Attention fashionistas: Fashion brands Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Burton will close down their physical stores in the Philippines starting March up to April.
“Confirming that we are closing our stores – Topshop/Topman, Dorothy Perkins and Burton. Last few stores to close in April,” Gina Roa-Dipaling, vice president of Robinsons Retail Holdings for corporate planning, told ABS-CBN News on Tuesday night.
Robinsons Retail is the franchise holder of the fashion brands, previously held by UK-based Arcadia Group Limited.
Arcadia Group recently sold Topshop and Topman brands to online retailer ASOS, while Dorothy Perkins and Burton were bought by another online retailer Boohoo.
“The principal of the brands (Arcadia) entered into an Administration or an equivalent of Chapter 11 [filing for bankruptcy] in the US. The brands were bought by online companies Asos and Boohoo. Thus, all franchise deals for offline stores got canceled,” Roa-Dipaling said.
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