Laura Ashley has gone into administration after rescue talks with its lenders were derailed by the coronavirus outbreak.
The fashion and homeware chain, which employs 2,700 people, has been struggling to secure extra funding to stay afloat after US bank Wells Fargo threatened to pull the plug.
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