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Peacocks new owner Philip Day plans to reopen 50 stores - Wales News - News - WalesOnline The new owner of value fashion retailer Peacocks, Philip Day, hopes to reopen up to 50 stores, while he is in the process of re-employ 60 staff made redundant by administrators at its Cardiff HQ. In an exclusive interview with the Western Mail yesterday, the chairman the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group (EWM) , said that in five years time he hopes the business will have a bigger presence on the UK high street than it had before it was forced in administration last month with crippling debts.

BBC News - Six Bonmarche stores across Wales have been earmarked for closure A decline in customer spend and rising costs, in the current economic climate, is blamed for closure plans at six Bonmarche stores across Wales. Stores in Aberystwyth, Bangor, Brynmawr, Carmarthen, Newtown and Llanelli are on the list. Twenty other Bonmarche stores across Wales will remain open. Last month the fashion chain, which was part of the Peacocks Group, was bought by a private equity group Sun European Partners.

BBC News - Peacocks: Administrators KPMG final deadline for bids Six serious bidders remain in contention to take over the Cardiff-based clothing retailer Peacocks, BBC Wales understands. The number has not changed since the deadline for the first round of submissions passed last week. The deadline with administrators KPMG for the final round is Monday.