Carpetright’s sister firm The Floor Room has collapsed into administration and is being wound down, with 201 jobs set to be lost.
Administrators at PwC were appointed on Friday and closed the business’ 34 John Lewis concessions, one stand-alone London store, and online operation “with immediate effect”, making the majority of employees redundant.
Certain head office staff have been retained for a short period to support the retailer’s winding down.
As a result of the administration, The Floor Room is unable to fulfil customer orders that have been placed.
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The Floor Room, which sells carpets and flooring products, is a subsidiary of Nestware Holdings, which also owned Carpetright, on which it had “historically been operationally reliant upon”.
Carpetright was placed into administration in late July and arch-rival Tapi snapped up its intellectual property, two warehouses and more than a fifth of stores. However, more than 1,000 jobs were lost.
Prior to the administrators’ appointment, The Floor Room’s management team had “exhausted options to secure further funding or a potential sale of the business and assets”, PwC said.
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