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Superdry heavily invested in advertising their products. [17] [2] With Theo Karpathios as director, a nationwide then global expansion of Superdry took place. [13] In 2009, Superdry was described by The Guardian as "one of the fastest growing (brands) in the UK". [5] The rapid rise of the company saw it described as a 'phenomenon'. [13]
In 2003, Holder co-founded Superdry with Julian Dunkerton as a market stall in Cheltenham. [4] In 2004, they opened the brand's first physical store in Covent Garden, London. [5] [4] Holder was responsible for clothing design and brand development at the company. [6] Holder said that he and Dunkerton spotted a "huge gap" in the UK men's market. [7]
By 2000, B&Q had 51 large warehouse shops; this had doubled by 2003. By May 2014, B&Q in the United Kingdom had 359 shops, and 20,887 employees; [40] and eight shops in Ireland. [41] In March 2015, Kingfisher said it would close 60 B&Q shops in the United Kingdom and Ireland over the next two years, and a few loss-making shops elsewhere in Europe.
This deal eventually made Focus Group the UK's second largest home improvement retailer, behind B&Q. [9] 36 Focus stores were rebranded to Focus DIY, growing Wickes from 131 stores in October 2000 to 172 in March 2004. [10] In December 2004, Focus Group sold Wickes to Travis Perkins. [11] The sale was completed in February 2005. [12]
Airside Retail Park (Irish: Páirc Miondíolaíochta Thaobh an Aerfoirt [1]) is a retail park that opened in 2001 in Swords, Dublin, close to Dublin Airport.An extension was built in 2005, which doubled the size of the park and included a new recycling centre. [2]
The company planned to use that store as a test model prior to fine-tuning and expanding in that region. In April 2017, they bought a former B&Q store in Folkestone to be the fifth Bunnings store in the UK. [47] On 25 May 2018, after mounting losses, Wesfarmers sold the UK and Ireland Bunnings/Homebase operation to Hilco for a nominal sum of £ ...
The Richmond Centre is a large shopping centre in Derry, Northern Ireland of 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m 2). The centre hosts over 40 retail units, including some major high street names. It was completed in 1984 [1] within the city's historic walls.
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]