The company grew in part through acquisitions, including the Katies womenswear chain from Coles Myer (1999), and Crazy Clark's and Go-Lo stores in 2000.

This substantial loss was an unusual event for Miller's Retail and reflected considerable financial restructuring, including the revaluation of its businesses in Discount Variety.

At the same time, the company told the market it had excessive inventory levels and pledged to address that, as well as to review buying practices in the future to avoid similar errors.

In November 2005, it sold its Discount Variety Division, which owned Go-Lo, Crazy Clark's, Look Sharp Concepts and Chickenfeed, which had a total of 335 stores at the time of the sale.

[5] Miller's Retail sold its interest in the discount variety businesses after a price war with competitors had a major impact on the profits of the division.

Private equity investor Catalyst Investment Manager and CHAMP acquired the group, the new entity being called Australian Discount Retail.

[17][18] In December 2020, City Chic Collective reached an agreement to purchase the Evans brand, website and wholesale business for £23 million after its parent company Arcadia Group went into administration.

[20] City Chic Collective exited the EMEA market in August 2023, selling its Evans business to AK Retail (owner of M&Co.)