Stores

Homebase is a British home improvement and garden store with 342 stores located in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Homebase along with its sister company Argos (750 stores) are part of the Home Retail Group. During 2009 and 2010, Homebase recorded sales stood at £1.57 billion.  Homebase was founded by the supermarket chain Sainsbury and […]

The Range is a British home improvement retailer based in the United Kingdom. The company was started by Chris Dawson in 1980. Chris started the business as an open air market trader in the markets of South West England. Currently, there are 86 stores across the United Kingdom with a staff base of over 2,500. […]

Sofa Workshop is a furniture manufacturer and retailer in the United Kingdom. The company is famous for its stylish handmade furniture, and they offer an exceptional level of fabric and product customization. The company also produces cushions, footstools, and made-to-measure curtains.  Sofa Workshop was founded in 1985 by Andrew Cussins, and the first store was […]

The company was founded by Joseph Corre and Serena Rees (ex-wife) in 1994, and the first store was opened is Soho on Broadwick Street. After failing to source lingerie via other brands, the company decided to manufacture and sell a brand new fashionable line of lingerie under its name. After the founding couple divorced in […]

Farmfoods is a Scottish frozen food supermarket chain store with over 300 stores throughout the United Kingdom. The company has its headquarters in Cumbernauld. The company is a privately owned business which originated as a mean manufacturing business. The company became a frozen produce chain after it found it had a larger market by distributing […]

The business was founded by William Asprey in 1781, in Mitcham, Surrey as a silk printing business. The company quickly became a luxury emporium, and in 1841, Charles the eldest son of William Asprey went into a partnership with a London-based stationer. However, in 1847, the company broke off this partnership and moved to a […]

C. & J. Clark International Ltd, trading as Clarks, is a British shoe manufacturer and retailer with international operations. The company was founded by Quaker brothers Cyrus and James Clark in 1825, in Somerset, England. The company has over 1,000 stores and franchises around the world. The company’s headquarters are based in Street, Somerset, England […]

Dorothy Perkins is renowned for affordable, feminine fashion and stylish signature prints. Their range of clothing and accessories is updated weekly in store and daily online, so there’s always something new to discover. Dorothy Perkins product lines include Dresses, Jersey Tops, Knitwear, Coats, Tailoring, Denim, Shoes, Accessories, Jewellery, Lingerie, Maternity, Petite, and Tall.  In Singapore […]

Barrett and Holland bought a grocery store, selling groceries and clothing in 1870 and developed the business into two shops; one selling groceries and the other selling clothes. In the 1920s the company was bought by Alfred Button & Sons but retained the trading name Holland & Barrett. Over the years the business has changed […]

Topman is an exclusive men’s clothing line that is part of the Arcadia Group. Topman has a chain of high-street men’s clothing stores located all over the United Kingdom. The business also has its stores on almost every High Street in the UK. The brand was created in the United Kingdom in the 1970s to […]

Sports Direct started off as a single store in Maidenhead trading in 1982 under the name Mike Ashley Sports. The company opened its second shop Preston Sports shop in London in 1984, and by 1992 the company had 12 stores. By 1996, the company had 50 stores and also acquired the Donnay tennis and golf […]

In Russia,the first Warehouse brand store of women’s clothes was opened in Moscow in 2008. The brand has kept developing in the Russian capital. The Warehouse network development rights had belonged to F.D.Lab until the middle of 2010, after that, Warehouse’s new partner became Centerpoint company. The first and only Warehouse store was opened at […]