Hilco Capital is a British international company based in London, England that specialises in restructuring and refinancing other companies.
Notable projects
Hilco has been involved with these companies, and in some cases owning and operating them for a period of time:
United Kingdom
Adams Childrenswear
Allders (original store closures) Allied Carpets Andys Records Bank Beatties of London Borders (UK) British Home Stores (cleared stores) Chapelle Jewellery & Watches Clintons (294 store closures) Courts plc Denby Pottery Company (debt, restructuring and management buyout) Elvi Ethel Austin Extreme Stores Faith Fashion Rocks Focus DIY Habitat (debt and restructuring) HMV (purchased in 2013, sold to Sunrise Records in 2019) Homebase (purchased in June 2018) Hypervalue ILVA (UK) JJB Sports (cleared stores) Kwik Save Litho Supplies Littlewoods Maplin (retailer) (Cleared stores) MFI Group MK One Music and Video Club Nicole Farhi (fashion label, sold in 2012) Owen Owen Peacocks (retail advisor during administration) Silverscreen Staples UK (Company name changed to SUK Retail Limited. Rebranded/trading as Office Outlet) Stationery Box Wilko Woolworths Group (store closures)
International
Fletcher Jones (stores) Habitat (Iberia, France, Germany, Benelux) Kraus Flooring (purchased in 2012) WOW Sight & Sound Misco (purchased in 2017)
Canada
Music World (purchased in 2007 and liquidated 2008) HMV Canada (purchased in 2011 and in receivership 2017) Tilley Endurables (acquired 2015) Music World
Ireland
HMV Ireland
Xtra-Vision Ireland (purchased in 2013, defunct January 2016) A-wear previously operated Ireland's leading female clothing retailer
Criticism
In December 2018, The Times described the company as a vulture fund in an article about HMV going into administration.