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Updated · Retail Week · Jun 22TGJones Seeks to Delay Supplier Repayments in Last-Ditch Rescue Attempt
3 articles · Updated · Retail Week · Jun 22Summary
- TGJones is seeking to postpone repayments owed to major suppliers as it tries to stabilize the former WHSmith high street chain.
- The move amounts to a last-ditch rescue effort driven by financial distress, raising pressure on the retailer’s cash position.
- Major suppliers are directly affected, and the repayment delay risks triggering a fresh wave of criticism for the chain’s owner.
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By delaying payments, is TGJones overlooking financial solutions that could save its suppliers and itself from collapse? With its other retailers recently collapsing, can Modella Capital's £35m plan truly save the 480 former WHSmith stores? As another major chain falters, what does TGJones's struggle reveal about the 'permacrisis' facing UK high streets?