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The stores were initially rebranded under the name Focus Do It All, and later, in 2001, to simply Focus, following the company’s purchase of Great Mills the previous year. [ 4 ] Focus DIY had also acquired Wickes in 2000, and some former Do It All stores were converted to Wickes, mostly in areas felt to be outside the core market. [ 5 ]
Bradlees - department store (defunct) Builders Square - home improvement (defunct) Burlington - clothing, general merchandise; Buy Buy Baby - baby superstore (defunct) Cabela's - hunting, fishing, camping goods, clothing; Caldor - department store (defunct) CarMax - used car superstore; Child World - toys (defunct) Circuit City - home ...
The Next Whole Earth Catalog (ISBN 0-394-70776-1) in 1980 was well received, and an updated second edition followed in 1981. The 1980s also saw two editions of the Whole Earth Software Catalog, a compendium for which Doubleday had bid $1.4 million for the trade paperback rights. [7]
The Argos Catalogue [63] was published twice a year in paperback book form – a Spring/Summer edition in January and an Autumn/Winter edition in July. This event was known internally as a Cat Launch , and individual stores quite often held party-like festivities to drum up public excitement.
This new store format was almost identical to that of the US chain Home Depot, where the stores were built on a much bigger scale with a larger floor area, merchandise presented on two storey, industrial-style shelving and an enhanced range of product lines which now extended to bulk building materials. For the branding of these new stores B&Q ...
The Great Mill stores were all externally rebranded, though some retained parts of the interior branding. [10] Great Mills had almost 100 stores in the UK at the time of the proposed sale In 2011, Focus DIY entered administration. [11] Some of the ex-Great Mills were sold off to other retailers, while others were left empty.
Woodie's is an Irish DIY and home improvement retailing company. [3] Founded in 1987 in Walkinstown, Dublin and opening the first shop in the same year, it is a part of Grafton Group plc . Woodie's is a nationwide company, having over thirty shops in Ireland. [ 4 ]