Colorado Group Limited

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Colorado Group Limited
Type Public
ASX:  CDO
IndustryRetail clothing
Founded1864
Defunct2011
Headquarters,
Australia
ProductsClothing, shoes
Parent Affinity Equity Partners
Website www.coloradogroup.com.au

Colorado Group Limited was an Australian public company that operates a number of retail clothing chains. Major brands include Colorado Adventurewear, Mathers, Williams the Shoemen, JAG, Diana Ferrari, and Pairs. The company is based in Brisbane, Queensland with an office in Cremorne, Victoria. The history of the company dates back over 140 years to the 1864 founding of Williams in Ballarat, Victoria. [1]

Colorado Group Limited was delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange on 15 August 2007 following the issue by ARH Investments of compulsory acquisition notices on 3 July 2007. [2]

As of June 2011 Colorado had 434 stores in Australia and New Zealand, and employed 3,800 people. It owed around A$400 million to 18 financiers. [3]

The Colorado clothing retail group went into receivership on 30 March 2011. [4] Insolvency accounting specialists Ferrier Hodgson were placed in charge of the group. [5] Colorado was owned by Affinity Equity Partners. [5] In 2011, the company became known as Fusion Retail Brands.

In June 2011 it was announced that the clothing chain was to "shut its doors" at the cost of 1,042 jobs. [5] In Australia, 100 underperforming Colorado stores shut, 21 Williams stores, 7 Mathers stores, 2 JAG stores and one Diana Ferrari store. [3] In New South Wales 42 stores closed, and in Victoria 27 closed. [5] 9 Colorado Stores in New Zealand also closed. [3]

Colorado ceased selling its clothing lines, returning to its beginning as a shoe brand which were sold through the company's Mathers and Williams the Shoemen stores, and online. [5] In September 2013, the JAG brand was sold to Apparel Group. [6]

In 2014, Couper Finance purchased Fusion Retail Brands, [7] then, in 2017, the Munro Footwear Group purchased Fusion Retail Brands from Couper Finance. [8]

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References

  1. "Corporate History" Archived 2008-07-18 at archive.today www.coloradogroup.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011
  2. Colorado Group Limited Removal from Official List Australian Securities Exchange 15 August 2007
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