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Pic: Evans City Chic Collective Ltd recently announced acquiring the Evans brand and its e-commerce and wholesale businesses for £23.1 million in cash. Evans is a UK retailer of women’s plus-size clothing. The Evans assets will be acquired from Evans Retail Limited and certain other entities within the Arcadia group, which entered into administration on November 30. The acquisition will be completed on December 23 this year, subject only to payment of the cash consideration. Phil Ryan, chief executive officer and managing director of City Chic said: “I have followed Evans for over a decade and seen how within Arcadia’s portfolio the brand has evolved from a dominant high street retailer into a more digitally focused business. We had a successful partnership with Evans for many years which was a great channel for the City Chic brand in the UK. Evans gives us an excellent foundation in a new geograp