Republic was a clothing retailer with 121 stores in the United Kingdom.[2] In February 2013, it entered administration, and was purchased by Sports Direct International. Republic was merged into Sports Direct's USC brand.
History
Founded in 1985, as Just Jeans, after 1990, the name changed to Best Jeanswear; Republic was launched in 1998. It was a private limited company (Republic (Retail) Ltd.) and, in 2005, Change Capital invested in the company to finance expansion plans. In May 2011 the company was bought by private equity firm TPG Capital for £300m[3][4]