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The Original Factory Shop

The Original Factory Shop (TOFS) is a Burnley-based discount department store which operates nearly 200 stores throughout the UK. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about TOFS and the department stores sector.

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TOFS stores and head office closed as Interpath begins winding business down
2026-04-15T10:42:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev and Aoife Morgan
All remaining TOFS stores have been shut, its head office closed, and all remaining staff members have been made redundant, with administrators now in the process of winding the business down, Retail Week can confirm.
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The Original Factory Shop collapsed into administration owing suppliers £9m
2026-02-06T13:02:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev and Aoife Morgan
The Original Factory Shop collapsed into administration owing suppliers millions in unpaid-for stock and other debts, Retail Week can reveal.
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The Original Factory Shop axes a third of head office staff
2026-02-04T15:32:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan and Hugh Radojev
The Original Factory Shop has made a third of its total head office staff redundant less than a week after it collapsed into administration, Retail Week can reveal.

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TOFS chair left with ‘no choice’ but to appoint administrators

2026-01-28T13:14:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan

The Original Factory Shop chair has said he was left with “no choice” but to put the business into administration after talks with prospective buyers for the brand collapsed, Retail Week can reveal.

Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop lines up administrators

2026-01-06T07:13:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan

The owner of Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop is set to place both retailers into administration, putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk.

The Original Factory Shop drafts in former Poundland exec as new managing director
2025-05-07T06:28:00+01:00By Chloe Mills
WHSmith buyer restricted from immediate store closures
2025-05-06T05:42:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Hundreds of jobs potentially at risk at The Original Factory Shop
2025-04-25T06:35:00+01:00By George Arnett
WHSmith: Can its new owners make the high street business actually work?
2025-03-31T14:40:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

The Original Factory Shop’s new owner considers major restructuring
2025-03-19T07:26:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Race for WHSmith high street business down to two bidders
2025-03-10T07:15:00+00:00By George Arnett
The Original Factory Shop has been bought by Hobbycraft’s owner
2025-02-21T11:44:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
The Original Factory Shop is close to being acquired
2025-01-24T15:53:00+00:00By Megan Robinson

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