Ted Baker is to close all its shops within the next few weeks, having previously said that only a few branches would shut.
The business behind the fashion brand’s UK shops, No Ordinary Designer Label Limited, fell into administration in March.
The news could mean hundreds of job losses after 245 people have already been made redundant. In total 975 jobs are at risk.
Authentic Brands, the US-based firm behind Juicy Couture and Reebok, is still the owner of Ted Baker’s intellectual property. It was hoping to find a new partner to run the Ted Baker retail and online business in the UK and Europe.
Ted Baker leaving the high street means that it will be the first time since 1988 that it will not have a physical presence of its own. However, the brand is still sold through department stores and retailers such as John Lewis and House of Fraser.
The company appointed Teneo as administrators and it closed 11 loss-making shops by April 19.
Authentic Brands Group chief strategy and transition officer John McNamara said: “We wish that there could have been a better outcome for the Ted Baker employees and stakeholders.”
The company was started by Ray Kelvin in Glasgow 1988 but he resigned as chief executive in 2019 after complaints he imposed a culture of “forced hugs” on staff.
Ted Baker stores already closed
- Birmingham Bullring
- Bristol
- Bromley
- Cambridge
- Exeter
- Leeds
- Liverpool One
- London Bridge
- Milton Keynes
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Bicester (notice served before administration process)
- Brompton Road, London (notice served before administration process)
- Floral Street, London (notice served before administration process)
- Manchester Trafford (notice served before administration process)
Ted Baker UK stores at risk
These are:
- Brent Cross
- Bicester
- Oxford
- London Luton Airport
- St Pancras - London
- Leeds
- York
- Swindon
- Livingston
- Portsmouth
- Braintree
- Sheffield
- Floral Street, London
- Manchester Shambles
- Regent Street
- Cheshire Oaks
- Nottingham
- Ashford
- Bath
- Gatwick North Terminal
- Bridgend
- Cambridge
- Bristol
- Westfield Mainline
- Heathrow Terminal 5
- Belfast
- Manchester Trafford Centre
- Bluewater
- Brompton
- Heathrow Terminal 3
- Glasgow Buchanan Street
- Heathrow Terminal 2
- Gatwick South Terminal
- Liverpool One
- Heathrow Terminal 4
- Birmingham Bullring
- Stansted
- Selfridges London
- Bentalls Kingston
- Selfridges Trafford Park
- Fenwick Newcastle
- Binns Darlington
- Frasers Glasgow
- Fenwick Canterbury
- Selfridges Birmingham
- Kendals Manchester
- Ted’s Grooming Room - Holborn
- Ted’s Grooming Room - Mayfair
- Ted’s Grooming Room - Fitzrovia
- Ted’s Grooming Room - Duke Street
- Ted’s Grooming Room - Covent Garden
- Ted’s Grooming Room - Berwick Street
- Ted’s Grooming Room - Mortimer Street
- Milton Keynes
- London Bridge
- O2 Icon Outlet
- Cardiff
- Cannock Outlet
- Bromley
- Exeter
- Fenwick - Bracknell
- John Lewis - Cheadle
- John Lewis - Oxford Street
- John Lewis - Sloane Square
- John Lewis - Edinburgh
- John Lewis - Brent Cross
- John Lewis - Liverpool
- John Lewis - Southampton
- John Lewis - Kingston
- John Lewis - Welwyn
- John Lewis - Milton Keynes
- John Lewis - Nottingham
- John Lewis - Glasgow
- John Lewis - Newcastle
- John Lewis - Trafford
- John Lewis - Leicester
- John Lewis - Reading
- John Lewis - Norwich
- John Lewis - Solihull
- John Lewis - Canary Wharf
- John Lewis - Cardiff
- John Lewis - Stratford
- John Lewis - Exeter
- John Lewis - Chelmsford
- John Lewis - Leeds
- John Lewis - White City
