Around 2,500 jobs lost as Boohoo snaps up Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton

The brands run 214 shops. Photo: Sean Dempsey/PA

Around 2,450 staff are being told on Monday that their jobs have been axed after clothes website Boohoo bought Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton for £25.2m (€28.7m).

The deal is for the inventory, e-commerce and digital assets of the businesses, which were owned by Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia retail empire when it entered administration in December.