Russell & Bromley’s joint administrators, Interpath’s Will Wright and Chris Pole, told Drapers today (28 April) that the phased closure of the footwear specialist’s remaining stores is “now complete”.
The final store closures are understood to have taken place last week (23 April), after Drapers revealed the first 10 closures on 21 April.
Russell & Bromley had a total of 320 store employees prior to the closures – Interpath are yet to confirm how many store staff exited the retailer ahead of being made redundant.
“All stores that did not transfer to Next as part of that transaction closed on or before 23 April 2026,” the joint administrators said in a statement.
“Regrettably, these closures mean that the majority of employees working in the non‑transferring stores have been made redundant.
“The administrators and their teams are engaging closely with all affected staff and will be providing support throughout the process, including assisting individuals in submitting claims to the redundancy payments service.
“The administrators continue to oversee the wind‑down of the remaining parts of the business and will provide further updates as appropriate.”
The news comes after Next acquired Russell & Bromley in a £2.5m pre-pack administration cash deal on 21 January, which saw the fashion giant snap up the Russell & Bromley brand, other intellectual property (IP) and three of its stores.
The three stores included in the deal are located in Chelsea and Mayfair, London, and Bluewater shopping centre, Kent.
At the time of the Next acquisition, suppliers told Drapers that they had received no communication from Russell & Bromley since the announcement.
Administrators at Interpath are also understood to have made lowball offers to a number of Russell & Bromley’s suppliers for stock, which were in some cases equivalent to a fifth of the production cost, as reported by Drapers in February.
