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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 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.
Hornbach is one of the leading DIY-store chains in Germany. In the 2020/2021 financial year (March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021), the Hornbach Baumarkt Group generated sales of Euro 5.1 billion. [ 1 ]
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 ...
Hardware stores (in a number of countries, "shops"), sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware for home improvement including: fasteners, building materials, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, cleaning products, housewares, tools, utensils, paint, and lawn and garden ...
It grew to over 200,000 sq ft of retail selling space employing over 300 people. In 2009 Rapid featured in the BBC TV series The Apprentice, in which all the candidates from the series had to pitch their ideas to store managers. [2] In 2009, the retailer relocated to the former George Henry Lee store, as the company grew. In the new building ...
Masters Home Improvement was an Australian home improvement chain operated by two retailers; Woolworths [2] and Lowe's.It was established as a way for Woolworths to enter the hardware retail market, which has been historically dominated by Bunnings, owned by their competitor Wesfarmers.