Spotlight wins right to buy Harris Scarfe

Fabric and homewares chain Spotlight has won the exclusive rights to purchase Adelaide-founded department store Harris Scarfe, which was placed in receivership late last year.

Renew Adelaide engaged to fill Harris Scarfe floor

EXCLUSIVE | The landlord of the shuttered Harris Scarfe flagship store in Rundle Mall has engaged Renew Adelaide and a local architectural firm to attract tenants to a redesigned retail offering on it first floor, InDaily can reveal.

Harris Scarfe Rundle Mall. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

Equity firm that put Harris Scarfe into admin first in line for payout

The private equity firm that bought Adelaide-founded Harris Scarfe and handed it to administrators less than a fortnight later will be first in line to receive the proceeds of its restructure and planned sale.

Administrator confirms Rundle Mall Harris Scarfe to close after 170 years

UPDATED | Adelaide-founded department store Harris Scarfe will close its Rundle Mall store next month after 170 years trading, among 20 other stores set to shut across the country, the company’s administrators confirmed this afternoon.

Harris Scarfe another retail casualty of tighter times

Adelaide-founded retail chain Harris Scarfe, which was placed into voluntary administration yesterday, is the latest victim of Australia’s increasingly hostile retail environment – and Christmas trading is unlikely to offer much relief to rivals.

Harris Scarfe in voluntary administration

Adelaide-founded retail chain Harris Scarfe, which employs around 1800 staff across more than 60 stores nationally, has been placed in voluntary administration.