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Boohoo buys Debenhams’ online business for £55m to transform it into a marketplace

25 Jan 2021by Chloe Rigby

Debenhams will transform from a department store business with 118 shops to an online marketplace following Boohoo Group’s acquisition of the department store’s ecommerce business for £55m cash

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