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Boohoo takes over more high street brands
by Matt Trinder
Industrial reporter
THE government must act urgently to save jobs after online fashion retailer Boohoo’s acquisition of yet more high-street brands, shopworkers’ union Usdaw and major retailers said today.
Boohoo has confirmed the takeover of Burton, Wallis and Dorothy Perkins from Sir Philip’s Green failed Arcadia group, which went into administration last year.
The deal includes the brands and online businesses, but not the 214 shops nor 2,450 workers employed in them.
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