Mothercare UK administration plan threatens 2,500 jobs

Mothercare, the baby goods retailer, plans to call in administrators to the troubled firm's UK business, putting 2,500 jobs at risk.

Mothercare has said its 79 UK stores were "not capable" of achieving a sufficient level of profitability and that so far they had failed to find a buyer. They added that stores would continue to trade as normal for the time being.

Analysts said Mothercare had been slow to adapt to competition from rivals and the switch to online retailing.

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