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Comet brand relaunch as online marketplace
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- Background
UK electrical retailer Comet collapses into administration in 2012
Comet, one of Britain's biggest electrical chains, went into administration in November 2012, putting about 6,600 jobs at risk.

Comet is coming back 14 years after collapse, this time as an online shop
The black-and-orange Comet brand is back 14 years after going bust, relaunched as an online marketplace with over a million electrical products.