David Jones enters administration after failed landlord negotiations
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Australia's 188-year-old David Jones department store has gone into voluntary administration after talks between its private equity owner and primary landlord Scentre Group broke down. The collapse is expected to trigger extensive restructuring, store closures before Christmas, and thousands of job losses, leaving the retailer's future uncertain.
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David Jones expected to fall into administration after failed 11th hour talks with biggest landlord (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
Future of 188-year-old department store hangs in balance after no agreement was struck with Westfield owner Scentre Group Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast David Jones is poised to fall into administration after 11th-hour talks…
D-day for David Jones (opens The Sydney Morning Herald in a new tab)
The fate of beleaguered retail giant David Jones could be decided today.
Administrators appointed to David Jones, store closures expected before Christmas (opens The Sydney Morning Herald in a new tab)
David Jones’s owners have appointed administrators which is expected to trigger an extensive restructure of the company and thousands of job losses.
Breaking: Retailer's future in doubt as David Jones calls in administrators (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Customers are left wondering as the retailer calls in administrators while it struggles to pay its rent.
David Jones goes into administration, with store closures expected and thousands of jobs at risk (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
Future of department store in jeopardy after administrators appointed on Thursday morning Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s premier upmarket department store David Jones has collapsed into voluntary administration,…
There was no other store like David Jones. I’m sorry for my part in its demise (opens The Sydney Morning Herald in a new tab)
I first went to David Jones as a small child and then shopped there regularly, until I didn’t. Like the rest of Australia.
'Sombre' mood inside David Jones stores as shoppers redeem gift cards (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
David Jones customers have rushed to spend gift cards hours after news broke the retailer's future was in serious jeopardy.
Like many others, 87-year-old Janet came to ‘say goodbye’ to the Australian institution that is David Jones (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
As Australia’s oldest department store goes into administration, shoppers mourn its demise amid an uncertain future When Janet Morice thinks of David Jones, she thinks back to postwar Melbourne in 1946, when she would visit the store as a child. “I would put…
Supermodels, streetscapes and 188 years of Australian style: David Jones through the years – in pictures (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
A fixture of city centres and a launchpad for local fashion designers, Australia’s oldest department store is facing an uncertain future after entering into voluntary administration this week Like many others, 87-year-old Janet came to ‘say goodbye’ to the…
David Jones wrongly believed it could be exclusive and everywhere. Can the 188-year-old institution keep the lights on for Christmas? (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
The arbiter of Australian taste abandoned prestige to chase profits through expansion. Now 6,000 staff across 38 stores fear job cuts as ‘difficult decisions’ loom Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast I cut past the glow of the Louis…
‘Barry Humphries pulled a funny face at me’: Laudie, 90, on 15 years working at David Jones (opens The Sydney Morning Herald in a new tab)
As the historic retailer faces collapse, former employees who devoted decades of their lives to David Jones reflect on what it means to them.
In layman’s terms, this is what is happening at David Jones (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
Can you be in administration and have receivers? Yes, and it is happening at David Jones, which is seeking to restructure but will likely face challenges.
David Jones suppliers left with unpaid invoices (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)
David Jones' suppliers tell the ABC they could see "the writing on the wall" as payment times got longer and telephone calls went unanswered.
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One Nation’s NDA for donors; Russell Brand found guilty; and how it all went wrong for David Jones (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
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