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Womenswear Cue and Veronika Maine to close five stores across Australia

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  • Five womenswear stores will close just days after a n Australian fashion retailer went into voluntary administration, as the receivers try to find a buyer for the business.
  • Four standalone Cue stores and one Veronika Maine store will shut down, administrators Kate Warwick and Vaughan Strawbridge from FTI Consulting said on Friday.
  • Mosaic Brands, the owners of Katies, Noni B, Autograph and Crossroads, entered voluntary administration in 2024 and all its about 700 stores were shut down by receivers in early 2025.

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Sydney-based fashion business Cue Clothing Co was founded in 1968. The chain has around 50 stores across Australia and also sells its apparel at Myer and David Jones.

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Headline as published: Struggling womenswear Cue and Veronika Maine to close five stores across Australia

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Five womenswear stores will close just days after a n Australian fashion retailer went into voluntary administration, as the receivers try to find a buyer for the business.

Sydney-based fashion business Cue Clothing Co was founded in 1968.

Four standalone Cue stores and one Veronika Maine store will shut down, administrators Kate Warwick and Vaughan Strawbridge from FTI Consulting said on Friday.

The chain has around 50 stores across Australia and also sells its apparel at Myer and David Jones.

Mosaic Brands, the owners of Katies, Noni B, Autograph and Crossroads, entered voluntary administration in 2024 and all its about 700 stores were shut down by receivers in early 2025.

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