FACTBOX-UK retailers collapse as economy falters

(Adds Land of Leather)

Jan 12 (Reuters) - UK retailing, a sector employing 11 percent of the
workforce and contributing eight percent of GDP, is experiencing the most
difficult trading environment for years as house prices crumble and jobs are
axed.

The following is a round-up of companies put into administration, a form of
creditor protection, since the credit crunch started, with the homewares sector
particularly hard hit.

COMPANY RIC DATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES STORES TURNOVER

(APPROX) (STG)

Land of Leather LAN.L Jan 12 furniture 850 109 232 mln

Viyella (unlisted) Jan 7 fashion 450 100 n/a

Miller Brothers (unlisted) Jan 7 electricals 110 1 n/a

Passion for Jan 5 perfume 194 45 n/a
Perfume

Waterford WTF_u.I Jan 5 china 8,000 597 672 mln eur
Wedgwood

Adams (unlisted) Dec 31 clothing 3,200 271 150 mln
USC (unlisted) Dec 29 fashion 1,427 58 n/a
Olan Mills (unlisted) Dec 26 photography n/a 34 n/a
Zavvi (unlisted) Dec 24 general 3,415 125 n/a
Officers Club (unlisted) Dec 23 fashion 1,000 150 52 mln
Whittard of
Chelsea (unlisted) Dec 23 food 950 165 48.1 mln
Fads SRR.L Dec 12 DIY 350 32 9.1 mln
Leveys 12 3.8 mln
Texstyle World 6 6.4 mln
The Pier (unlisted) Dec 4 furniture 400 48 n/a
Woolworths WLW.L Nov 27 general 25,000 815 1.7 bln (ret)

5,000 *1.1 bln (EUK)
MFI Group Ltd (unlisted) Nov 26 furniture 1,200 111 n/a
Hardy Amies Plc HRDS.L Sept 26 fashion n/a 6 1.64 mln
Rosebys (unlisted) Sept 25 furnishings 2,000 280 100 mln
ScS Upholstery SUY.L July 3 sofa maker 1,300 96 184 mln

Sources: Reuters data, British Retail Consortium, Insolvency Service,
company websites.

* Entertainment UK is the Woolworths distribution business, which entered
into administration along with its retail chain.
(Compiled by Elaine Hardcastle, James Davey and Mark Potter; Editing by Elaine
Hardcastle)