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Articles about department stores in the United Kingdom which have ceased trading or whose nameplates are no longer active, i.e. the company was merged and dissolved and its brand retired. Contents Top
This is a list of department stores of the United Kingdom. In the case of department store groups, the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. The list is broken into "currently trading" (A–Z); "defunct groups" and "defunct" (A–Z).
to UK Owner # of shops Notes B&M: 1978 B&M European Value Retail S.A. 800+ The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004 Bargain Buys: 2013 Fortress Investment Group: 75
In 1914 the company was forced to direct its efforts towards the war effort and, ceasing expansion plans, focus on buying blankets and selling them to the Government and the armed forces. The 1920s saw the introduction of colour photographs in the Freemans catalogues and the company continued to expand, with 200 people being employed by 1922. [2]
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