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| Hilco Capital | |
| Type | Limited |
| Industry | Commercial restructuring |
| Founded | 1 January 1956  |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | London, England |
| Parent | Hilco Global |
| Website | www |
Hilco Capital is a British international company based in London, England that specialises in restructuring and refinancing other companies.
Notable projects
Hilco has been involved with these companies, and in some cases owning and operating them for a period of time:[2]
United Kingdom
- Adams Childrenswear
- Allders (original store closures)
- Allied Carpets
- Andys Records
- Bank[3]
- Beatties of London
- Borders (UK)
- British Home Stores (cleared stores)
- Chapelle Jewellery & Watches
- Clintons (294 store closures)
- Courts plc
- Denby Pottery Company (debt, restructuring and management buyout)[4]
- Elvi
- Ethel Austin
- Extreme Stores
- Faith
- Fashion Rocks
- Focus DIY
- Habitat (debt and restructuring)[5]
- HMV (purchased in 2013,[6] sold to Sunrise Records in 2019[7])
- Homebase (purchased in June 2018)
- Hypervalue
- ILVA (UK)
- JJB Sports (cleared stores)
- Kwik Save
- Litho Supplies
- Littlewoods
- Maplin (retailer) (Cleared stores)
- MFI Group
- MK One
- Music and Video Club
- Nicole Farhi (fashion label, sold in 2012)
- Owen Owen
- Peacocks (retail advisor during administration)
- Silverscreen
- Staples UK (Company name changed to SUK Retail Limited. Rebranded/trading as Office Outlet)
- Stationery Box
- Wilko[8]
- Woolworths Group (store closures)[9]
International
- Fletcher Jones (stores)
- Habitat (Iberia, France, Germany, Benelux)
- Kraus Flooring (purchased in 2012)[10]
- WOW Sight & Sound
- Misco (purchased in 2017) [11]
Canada
- Music World (purchased in 2007 and liquidated 2008)
- HMV Canada (purchased in 2011[12] and in receivership 2017)
- Tilley Endurables (acquired 2015)
- Music World[13]
Ireland
- HMV Ireland[14]
- Xtra-Vision Ireland (purchased in 2013, defunct January 2016)[15]
- A-wear previously operated Ireland's leading female clothing retailer
Criticism
In December 2018, The Times described the company as a vulture fund in an article about HMV going into administration.[16]
References
- ↑ "Hilco UK Limited Company Number 03944915". Companies House. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "Previous Projects" (PDF). Hilco UK. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "Bank fashion chain in administration". BBC News. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ "Denby Case Study". Hilco UK. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "Habitat Case Study". Hilco UK. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "HMV: Restructuring specialist Hilco takes control of retailer". BBC News. 22 January 2013.
- ↑ "UK music retailer HMV sold to Canada's Sunrise Records". Reuters News. 5 February 2019.
- ↑ "Discount retailer Wilko secures fresh funding after pandemic hit". Financial Times. 4 January 2023.
- ↑ "Woolworths Case Study". Hilco UK. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "2012 Timeline" (PDF). Hilco UK. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sources: Misco SOLD to Hilco Capital, care home for the distressed". theregister.uk.co. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Amanda Andrews; Matthew Holehouse (27 June 2011). "HMV confirms sale of stores in Canada for £2m". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ↑ Strauss, Marina (12 November 2007). "Music World to close stores". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "Hilco look to reopen HMV stores in Ireland". Hot Press. 5 April 2013.
- ↑ "HMV-owner Hilco rescues Ireland's largest DVD rental chain". Reuters. 11 June 2013.
- ↑ "Vulture fund charged ailing HMV £48m".
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