Land of Leather, which operates 109 retail stores across Britain and Ireland, entered the administration process _ where a company is run independently with the priority of returning funds to creditors _ after failing to raise working capital or find a buyer.
Lee Manning, one of the appointed administrators at Deloitte said that the company's stores would continue to trade as normal "while the administrators continue to talk to interested parties with a view to concluding a sale of the business as a going concern."
Land of Leather said it had found itself in challenging market conditions "for some time" as a result of the credit crunch and a lack of household spending on big ticket retail items. sourced from The Washington Post read more
My comment
This is the first of these kind of shops to go, I think we will be seeing a lot more interior / furniture / house hold accessories - Now we have all bought cushions, rugs, lampshades and kitchen's, all these shops that have opened up on the strength of the ideal home / interior design period will all start suffering. Lets all start being individual, make cushions from old materials or clothes rather then buying new ones. Thing more creatively around our homes and their interiors.
