Wittner enters administration
Footwear retailer Wittner has entered administration.
Established in 1912 and with over 20 standalone outlets, 25 department store concessions and an online store – its future is now in the hands of Deloitte restructuring partners Sal Algeri and David Orr.
Trading will continue while the pair try to find another buyer or recapitalisation outcome.
The news comes after administrators failed to rescue another local chain, Just Jeans, from collapse earlier this year.
Ninety of those outlets are expected to shut within months putting some 600 people out of work.
Also this week Collins Foods announced it will try to sell the Australian Taco Bell franchise – with 27 restaurants.
In January meanwhile, Wesfarmers announced it would close online retailer Catch – effective at the end of this month.
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