1,100 jobs could be at risk after Boohoo bought the online business of Karen Millen and Coast for £18.2 million.
Both Karen Millen and Coast’s 32 stores and 177 concessions are now set to close.
Deloitte, the administrators, has said that the stores would continue to trade for a ‘short time’.
Because of the deal, there will be 62 immediate redundancies.