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Flying Tiger Copenhagen (formerly Tiger) is a Danish variety store chain. [3] [4] Its first shop opened in Copenhagen in 1995 and as of 2023, the chain now has 931 shops across 42 countries. Its largest markets are Denmark, the UK, Italy, and Spain. According to the company's annual report, it had more than 93 million customers in 2023. [1]
Søstrene Grene entered the UK in 2016 with a store in Nottingham and over the years expanded across the north of England and Northern Ireland. Since 2023, they have been undergoing a rapid expansion in the UK, opening their first Scotland store in Glasgow and their first London store in Southside Wandsworth shopping centre.
During the 1990s QD Stores purchased the small department store Lathams of Potter Heigham, which it still operates under the original name. It also established Cherry Lane Garden Centres in 2001, [5] which by 2008 had become the eighth biggest UK gardening centre group. [6] The number of QD Stores locations has grown relatively slowly since 1985.
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In May 2014, the routes were rebranded by Yorkshire Tiger as Flying Tiger and new Optare Versa buses were introduced. [3] [4] [5] On 3 July 2017, new Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC buses were introduced on route 737 and 747 alongside the previous Optare Versa vehicles which continued to operate mainly on service 757. [6]
On March 21, 1966, Flying Tiger Line Flight 6303, a Canadair CL-44 (N453T), crashed on landing at NAS Norfolk due to pilot error; all six crew survived, but the aircraft was written off. On December 24, 1966, a Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 (N228SW) crashed on landing near Da Nang, killing all four crew and 107 on the ground.
In the 2000s, it engaged in rapid nationwide expansion and became one of the UK's fastest growing retailers. [2] As of 2023, The Range has 210 stores across the UK and Ireland. In September 2023, it purchased the Wilko brand from administrators, maintaining its online presence, and began opening physical Wilko stores in December 2023. [ 3 ]
Local Plus – based in the UK, bought by the Co-operative Group in 2004; M Local – former UK convenience shop format for Morrisons Supermarkets; Mac's – based in Canada, rebranded as Circle K in 2017; McColl's – former UK chain, traded under as Martin, McColls and RS McColl; Mills – based in the UK, sold to Tesco in 2010