Bankrupt Barneys says it has bidders interested in buying it, but lenders are still full of doom and gloom
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Barneys may have a buyer - but it's not out of the woods yet.
Bankrupt Barneys may have interested buyers, but that doesn't mean it's in the clear.
On Friday afternoon, the luxury department store participated in a conference call with Judge Cecelia Morris of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, according to a report from Debtwire, a branch of the market research firm Acuris. Friday was the official deadline for Barneys to receive letters of intent from possible buyers after filing for bankruptcy in August.In an email to Business Insider, Reshmi Basu, restructuring editor at Debtwire, wrote that without a stalking horse offer - a reserve bid from a definitive buyer, arranged before a bankruptcy auction in order to maximize the value of the assets and prevent low bids - the future of Barneys looks bleak.
"The noose is tightening around Barneys' neck, especially as vendors become wary of shipping, given its cash burn," Basu wrote. "The question for creditors is whether Barneys is worth more alive or dead. And for some, a liquidation may be the only path towards a recovery."Brad Sandler of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones - a member of the unsecured creditors committee - told the judge "the situation is somewhat fluid right now" and that the group will reach out within the next week if any possible issues arise, according to Debtwire."We are committed to working to find a going concern solution here," Sandler said. "Hopefully that will happen."
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