UK's Mothercare appoints PwC as administrators to its units

The company's UK sales have been hammered by intense competition from supermarket groups and online retailers as well as by rising costs.Mothercare, which has been hit hard by intense competition from supermarkets and online retailers in its main domestic market, said that it appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as administrators to its trading unit, Mothercare UK Ltd and to Mothercare Business Service.