<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Women's shoe brand Wittner has become the latest retail brand in Australia to collapse, falling into administration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>ASIC records show the company appointed external administrators earlier today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Deloitte restructuring partners Sal Algeri and David Orr have been appointed to administer the brand, according to the </span><em><span>Australian Financial Review</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/this-disease-affects-almost-27-million-australians--and-most-of-them-dont-even-know-they-have-it/5f367dd2-5bcc-4ad4-84e4-b8d8f38448af" target="_blank"><strong><span>This disease affects 2.7 million Aussies - most don't know they have it</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9news.com.au has contacted the administrators for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wittner has more than 20 stores in Australia and New Zealand as well as 25 concessions inside Myer and David Jones.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It also sells footwear through The Iconic website.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/wittner-australian-footwear-brand-collapses-administration/f4a288d2-a27a-4303-84c0-260a43ee3726" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wittner, which was founded in 1912 by HJ Wittner, has faced challenges with a slump in sales and rising costs – one of a string of retailers to face these pressures.</span></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2024/12/11/10/16/businesses-that-went-bankrupt-2024-retailers-companies-in-pictures"><img alt="" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/zGfmJUjRObI-HVMqcKFyLsZaavg=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fa5b1d754-9fb8-47d0-a55f-e46420f320f3" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/zGfmJUjRObI-HVMqcKFyLsZaavg=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fa5b1d754-9fb8-47d0-a55f-e46420f320f3 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/E9C2VS8c8qDSDG1avB8WsBJcM78=/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fa5b1d754-9fb8-47d0-a55f-e46420f320f3 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">The companies that didn't survive Australia's cost of living crisis in 2024</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2024/12/11/10/16/businesses-that-went-bankrupt-2024-retailers-companies-in-pictures">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Its move to appoint administrators comes weeks after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/retail-chain-jeanswest-closing-all-stores-more-than-600-jobs-to-go/9c4bfb6a-bae6-4be0-a115-becefe0135a1" rel="" target="_blank" title="Jeanswest announced its decision to close all brick-and-mortar stores"><span>Jeanswest announced its decision to close all brick-and-mortar stores</span></a><span> and cut hundreds of jobs after entering administration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mosaic Brands - the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/millers-noni-b-closure-mosaic-brands/2921fa17-f139-4a22-8d37-c63015f86b30" rel="" target="_blank" title="company behind clothing brands Millers, Katies, Rivers and Noni B"><span>company behind clothing brands Millers, Katies, Rivers and Noni B</span></a><span> - also collapsed in recent months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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