Debenhams controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1987
Animal-fur protest attacks
Animal Liberation Front attacks targeted Debenhams stores over the sale of animal fur. A later parliamentary allegation claimed that an undercover police officer planted the firebomb responsible for damage at the Harrow branch; the status and outcome of that allegation are unclear.
1929
Hatry fraud and the Drapery Trust crisis
Debenhams became exposed to the collapse of Clarence Hatry's fraudulent financing after its acquisition of the Drapery Trust. The episode caused a corporate crisis and was followed by a capital restructuring.