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    • Spotlight given approval to acquire the business

      • Harris Scarfe has been thrown a lifeline in the form of another chain, with Spotlight given approval to acquire the business. The Spotlight retail group could be the last hope for the flailing 170-year-old business and its 1,300 employees.
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  2. Aug 2, 2021 · Fifteen months after a $50 million rescue offer, creditors have been told their distribution has been further delayed and the value of the return is uncertain.

  3. Dec 12, 2019 · Iconic Australian department store Harris Scarfe has been placed into voluntary administration, becoming the latest retail empire to fall victim to the sector’s dismal operating conditions.

  4. Dec 11, 2019 · National home goods and apparel retailer Harris Scarfe, which has four stores in the ACT, has been placed into receivership and will immediately go on the market to be sold as a going concern. The news could not come at a worse time, two weeks before Christmas, for its 1800 staff nationwide.

    • Ian Bushnell
    • Key Points
    • Retail Collapses Mounting
    • Retail's 'Reality Apocalypse'
    Harris Scarfe is the latest in a long line of retailers including Bardot, Dimmy's, Roger David, Napoleon Perdis and Karen Millen to collapse recently
    Retailers are experiencing the toughest conditions since the GFC
    Receivers Deloitte says Harris Scarfe's 1,800 staff will be paid over Christmas and gift cards and lay-bys will be honoured

    Harris Scarfe is by far the biggest outfit in a growing list of retailers that have collapsed in the midst of the most severe downturn in the sector since the global financial crisis. Last month, fashion chain Bardotcalled in the receivers. Dimmeys with its 30 stores nationwide, raised the white flag two weeks ago, and is now in the process of clea...

    But Jana Bowden, an associate professor of marketing at Macquarie University, said Harris Scarfe's woes extend well beyond the general reluctance of consumers to spend. "It hasn't focused on delivering an outstanding or memorable consumer experience," she argued.

    • Australia
    • ABC News online
    • 11/12/19
  5. Mar 2, 2020 · Harris Scarfe receivers have confirmed they have accepted an offer from the Spotlight Group to buy the retail chain.

  6. Department store chain Harris Scarfe looks set to emerge from receivership, with the Spotlight Group given exclusive rights to buy the collapsed business.

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