Subsequent buys collapsed on-line furnishings retailer Made.com

Subsequent has acquired the model, domains and mental property of Made.com for an undisclosed worth in a pre-pack administration lower than 18 months after the web furnishings retailer floated in London.

“Having run an in depth course of to safe the way forward for the enterprise, we’re deeply dissatisfied that we now have reached this level,” mentioned Susanne Given, chair of Made.

“We recognize and deeply remorse the frustration that [Made] going into administration can have brought about for everybody,” she added.

Nicola Thompson, who took over as chief government this 12 months, apologised for the fast demise of the corporate. “Over the previous months we now have fought tooth and nail to quickly re-size the price base, re-engineer the sourcing,” she mentioned, “and check out each avenue to lift recent financing and keep away from this final result”.

Made Design Ltd, the working subsidiary of Made.com, served discover of intent to nominate directors on the finish of October, giving itself safety from creditor claims whereas the pre-pack deal was negotiated.

The transaction excludes the corporate’s remaining stock, which is prone to be bought off by the directors. Shares within the listed guardian, presently suspended, can be cancelled as the corporate is wound up.

Made.com, which employs 700 employees, floated in June final 12 months with a £775mn valuation. The retailer, which was based by entrepreneurs Ning Li and Brent Hoberman in 2009, boomed in the course of the pandemic due to its design-led furnishings that was fashionable with youthful customers.

However provide chain bottlenecks prompted the corporate to cut back on its just-in-time enterprise mannequin and maintain extra stock near its markets in Europe, the place it continued to launch in new territories. That resulted in substantial capital tied up in inventory simply as demand eased off.