Swaine Adeney Brigg in Administration?

newtrane · Sep 25, 2011

I ordered a leather case from Swaine Adeney Brigg several months ago. I tried to contact them to find out what happened to my order. Neither my emails nor my calls got answered.

Now, I found the following entry that notes that SAB is "in administration": http://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/04672950

Does someone know what this means exactly?

Many thanks for your help!

Ich_Dien · Sep 25, 2011

Interesting.

GoldenTribe · Sep 25, 2011

Other companies I found by randomly changing the number in the URL seem to be Active or Dissolved, and tending predominantly toward the latter.

Could they be in the midst of reorganization/bankruptcy/buyout proceedings?

Stazy · Sep 25, 2011

It means they're (almost) bankrupt.

MalfordOfLondon · Sep 25, 2011

Ich_Dien said:
Interesting.

+1.

Their shop on St. James is constantly empty. In fact - I don't think I've ever seen another soul in there and I usually pop in once a month.

It would be a great shame if this was the case.

Ich_Dien · Sep 25, 2011

MalfordOfLondon said:
It would be a great shame if this was the case.

Agreed, they make very nice things. Perhaps they need a better location. Either that or to stop selling indestructible products.

MalfordOfLondon · Sep 25, 2011

Ich_Dien said:
Either that or to stop selling indestructible products.

Hah I've never thought of it like that but you may have something there!

newtrane · Sep 26, 2011

Thank you very much for your answers.

Does anyone know who owns SAB?

Lear · Sep 26, 2011

MalfordOfLondon said:
+1.

Their shop on St. James is constantly empty. In fact - I don't think I've ever seen another soul in there and I usually pop in once a month.

It would be a great shame if this was the case.

+1

Nice shop/location. Never seen more than two other customers. Can't believe it'll just disappear.

Harold falcon · Sep 26, 2011

Son of a...

DocHolliday · Sep 26, 2011

Lear said:
+1

Nice shop/location. Never seen more than two other customers. Can't believe it'll just disappear.

What they lack in customers they make up for in unoccupied help.

Quite the contrast between there and the Smith shop. Visiting Smith is like stepping back into the 19th century, yet it's far more lively and less museum-like than the Brigg shop.

Reevolving · Sep 26, 2011

You don't say?
Who'd think people aren't spending $1000 on overpriced umbrellas ??
I mean, what a VALUE !!

I paid $40 for this on sale this summer. With all the saved money, I'll buy 13 new ones if it even so much as splinters.
http://www.brooksbrothers.com/IWCat...nt_Id=228&sort_by=&sectioncolor=&sectionsize=

TonyThe Tailor · Sep 26, 2011

Same as Chapter 11 here in the States. Might want to file a claim and see what happens

ThinkDerm · Sep 26, 2011

huge shame if they go under.

Ich_Dien · Sep 26, 2011

ThinkDerm said:
huge shame if they go under.

Totally. SAB is something that I hope to get when I grow older. I've been considering an umbrella/briefcase from them for years but keep stopping and saying to myself that it is something to get when I'm confidently successful and at one with the establishment rather than an impulse luxury buy...I hope they don't go under.

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