Jeanswest, a Melbourne-based retailer selling men’s and women’s jeans and clothing since 1972, entered voluntary administration in March 2025, closing all stores in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) with the owner putting forward a deed of company arrangement (DOCA) to work on a new business model and the next chapter for Jeanswest.

Gordon Brothers was appointed by the administrators of Jeanswest to operate the closure of all 87 Australian stores, the warehouse and e-commerce site, as well as manage additional inventory realisations and sell the furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E).

Following our appointment we conducted in-depth stock keeping unit (SKU) analysis, targeted dynamic discounting and traffic driving multi-media marketing and point of sale (POS), securing maximum sales recovery at the minimum possible cost.

Our experienced retail experts worked collaboratively with in-store staff and employees to ensure all stores and the warehouse were delivered to landlords on or before the agreed dates with zero stock and in ‘broom clean’ condition.

The store closure program ran for seven weeks, resulting in the clearance of AUD$22 million of inventory and FF&E.

Following the overperformance of the sale that exceeded our client’s initial expectations, Jeanswest emerged out of administration through a DOCA, allowing payment in full of staff wage entitlements of more than $4 million, nearly $900,000 in annual leave and $624,000 in long service leave.